Al Thaqafa Explained

Editor:	Ahmad Amin
Frequency:	Monthly
Founder:	Ahmad Amin
Founded:	1939
Finaldate:	1953
Country:	Egypt
Based:	Cairo

Al Thaqafa (Arabic: Culture) was a monthly cultural and literary magazine which was in circulation between 1939 and 1953 in Cairo, Egypt. The magazine was founded by Ahmad Amin who also edited it during its lifetime.

History and profile

Al Thaqafa was launched in 1939 and published monthly until 1953.^{[1] [2]} It was printed on an A4-size paper and was consisted of 65 pages.^[1] The founder and sole editor of the magazine was Ahmad Amin.^{[2] [3]} Al Thaqafa was among the publications which supported Islamic Arab culture in Egypt.^[4] It published literary work, cultural articles, translations from Turkish, Persian, English, French and Indian and book reviews.^[5]

In the 1940s one of the contributors was Mohammad Abd Al Bari who published articles on the political dimensions of culture.^[6]

Notes and References

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2. Sabry Hafez. Cultural Journals and Modern Arabic Literature: A Historical Overview. 24. Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. 2017. 37. 26191813.
3. William Shepard. The Dilemma of a Liberal Some Political Implications in the Writings of the Egyptian Scholar, Ahmad Amin (1886-1954). 10.1080/00263208008700436. Middle Eastern Studies. May 1980. 16. 2. 85.
4. Israel Gershoni. The Evolution of National Culture in Modern Egypt: Intellectual Formation and Social Diffusion, 1892-1945. Poetics Today. Summer 1992. 13. 2. 333. 10.2307/1772536 . 1772536.
5. Chihab El Khachab. 2021. A brief history of the future of culture in Egypt. Journal of the African Literature Association. 15. 3. 372. 10.1080/21674736.2021.1935065. 237823111 . free.
6. Patrick Kane. Egyptian Art Institutions and Art Education from 1908 to 1951. The Journal of Aesthetic Education. Fall 2010. 44. 3. 45. 10.5406/jaesteduc.44.3.0043.