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]