Akhbar Al-Adab Explained

Editor:Magdi Afifi
Editor Title:Editor-in-chief
Frequency:Weekly
Category:Literary magazine
Publisher:Akhbar Al Yawm
Country:Egypt
Language:Arabic
Based:Cairo

Akhbar Al Adab (Arabic: أخبار الأدب; Cultural News in English)[1] is an Arabic weekly literary magazine which is published by state-run Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house.

History and profile

Akhbar Al Adab was established by Gamal Al-Ghitani in 1993 as a platform for Egyptian and Arab literary production.[2] [3] Since then it has been published by Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house on Sundays.[4] The company also publishes Al Akhbar newspaper.[5] The headquarters is in Cairo.[6]

The magazine features articles on literary work as well as interviews.[6]

From its creation in 1993 to January 2011 Gamal Al-Ghitani served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine and he was replaced by Mustafa Abdullah in the post.[7] [8] However, the journalists of the magazine demanded his removal as the editor-in-chief.[8] In May 2011, Abla al-Roweiny was chosen by the journalists as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.[2] [8] In August 2013 Magdi Afifi was appointed editor-in-chief.[9] [10]

Editor-in-chief Tarek el-Taher and author Ahmed Naji were acquitted on 2 January 2016 on charges they had published indecent material in Naji's novel, The Use of Life, which Akhbar Al-Adab published in August 2014.[11]

Yasser Abdel Hafez and Hassan Abdel Mawgoud are among the contributors.[6] Palestinian author Fadwa Al Qasem published her short stories in the magazine.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Egyptian Figures . SIS. 10 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212145355/http://www.sis.gov.eg/newVR/figure2011/english/enmoaser/htm/ghitani.htm. 12 December 2013 .
  2. News: Lina Attalah. A new Akhbar al Adab. 10 December 2013. Egypt Independent. 2 June 2011.
  3. Web site: Media Landscape. Menassat. 5 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006135353/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Fmedia-landscape%2Fmedia-landscape-4. 6 October 2014. dead.
  4. Book: Andrew Hammond. Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. 2005. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-85109-449-3. 105.
  5. Book: Joel Beinin. Frédéric Vairel. Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa: Second Edition. 2013. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-8569-3. 268.
  6. Nancy Linthicum. The Cultural Newspaper "Akhbar al-Adab" and the Making of Egypt's "Nineties Generation". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. 2017 . 37. 229–261. 26191820.
  7. News: Safaa Abdoun. Marwa Al A’asar. Shoura Council reshuffles editors of state papers, magazines. 6 October 2014. Daily News Egypt. 18 January 2011. Cairo.
  8. News: Akhbar al-Adab Strike Succeeds. 5 October 2014. Arabic Literature. 18 May 2011.
  9. Web site: Akhbar al Adab. 10 December 2013. Nadia Ahmed. 1 August 2013. Mada Masr. https://web.archive.org/web/20131209101450/http://www.madamasr.com/content/editors-take-over-egypt%E2%80%99s-leading-literary-journal. 9 December 2013. dead.
  10. News: Mohammed Saad. Politics of new editor at Egypt's prestigious literarature news worries journalists. 5 October 2014. Ahram Online. 15 August 2012.
  11. Web site: People, Places, Crisis, Conflict, Culture, Change, Analysis and Trends. ABC News. en. 13 March 2018.
  12. Book: Nedim Gursel. Ghamal al-Ghitani. Fadwa Al-Qasem. Ala Hlehel. Hassan Blasim . Yousef al-Mohaimeed. Elias Farkouh. Nabil Sulayman. Joumana Haddad. Yitzkah Laor. Madinah: City Stories from the Middle East. 2013. Comma Press. 110. GGKEY:TJQ3PCYQFQA.

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