Al-Alam (magazine) explained

al-ʿĀlam
Editor:ʿAli Fahmi Kamil
Category:Politics, society, satire
Frequency:Weekly
Founder:ʿAli Fahmi Kamil
Founded:1926
Finaldate:1927
Country:Egypt
Based:Cairo
Language:Arabic

The Arabic-language satirical magazine al-Alam (Arabic: العلم; DMG: al-ʿĀlam; English: "The World") was published weekly in Cairo between 1926 and 1927 in a total of 51 issues.[1] Its founder and editor was ʿAli Fahmi Kamil (1870-1926), who also served as manager of the journal al-Liwaʾ.[2] The journal deals mostly with political and social events of its time.[3] In 1927, the magazine was merged with another publication, Kull shay, to form the periodical Kull šayʾ wa-l-ʿālam.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fīlīb dī Ṭarrāzī. Tārīḫ aṣ-ṣiḥāfa al-ʿarabīya. 1913–1914. Beirut. 209.
  2. Book: Badrawi . Malak. Political Violence in Egypt, 1910-1924: Secret Societies, Plots and Assassinations. 2000 . Curzon Press. 89.
  3. Book: Keren Zdafee. Cartooning for a Modern Egypt. 2019. Brill. 978-90-04-41037-4.