Ikbal El Alaily Explained
Ikbal El Alaily (died 1984) also known as Iqbal El Alaily, was an Egyptian surrealist writer, and a co-founder of the journal, La Part du Sable.[1] She was associated with the Art et Liberté art group.[2]
Life
Ikbal El Alaily, known to friends as Boula, was a granddaughter of the poet Ahmed Shawqi. Her parents were Muslim, though she was already a non believer by her teens. In 1939 she met and fell in love with Georges Henein. Despite parental opposition, the pair were inseparable, though they only formally married in 1954.[3]
El Alaily's 1945 anthology, The Virtue of Germany, made the case for German romanticism as a precursor of surrealism.[3]
After her husband's death in 1973, she prepared his unpublished work for publication.[3] She died in 1984.[4]
Works
- Vertu de l'Allemagne [The Virtue of Germany]. Cairo: Editions Masses 1945
- 'De l'auteur considéré comme un jeune lapin' [Portrait of the Artist as a Young Rabbit], Le Part du Sable, No. 2, April 1950, pp. 30–2
Notes and References
- Book: Keith Aspley. Historical Dictionary of Surrealism. 2010. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-5847-3. 182. El Alaily, Ikbal.
- 2021 . The Egyptian Surrealists (1938–65): Selected Timeline of Important Events . Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art . 49 . 1 . 246–249 . 2152-7792.
- Book: Franklin Rosemont. Robin D.G. Kelley. Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora. 2009. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-71997-2. 149–.
- Book: Penelope Rosemont. Surrealist Women. 2000. A&C Black. 978-0-567-17128-3. 192. Ikbal El Alailly.
