Rawdat Al Madaris Explained

Editor:Rifaa Rafi Al Tahtawi
Frequency:Bimonthly
Category:Education magazine
Founder:Ministry of Education
Founded:1870
Finaldate:1877
Country:Khedivate of Egypt
Based:Cairo
Language:Arabic
Oclc:28815667

Rawdat Al Madaris (ar|روضة المدارس المصرية||School Garden), also known as Rawdat Al Madaris Al Misriyah,[1] was a bimonthly education magazine which was published in Cairo, Egypt, between 1870 and 1877. It was the first Egyptian and Arab publication which specifically focused on education.[2]

History and profile

Rawdat Al Madaris was established by the Ministry of Education led by the reformist Ali Pasha Mubarak in 1870.[3] [4] It was started part of Khedive ismail's reforms.[2] In the first issue its goal was stated as "the consolidation of the educational system and the shaping of the minds of the students and their sensibility."[5] Therefore, it attempted to broaden knowledge which was to be expressed in an easily understood language.[6]

The editor of Rawdat Al Madaris was Rifaa Rafi Al Tahtawi from its start in 1870 to 1873.[7] [8] The magazine played a significant role in the introduction of his views.[5] Tahtawi's son, Ali Fahmi, worked in Rawdat Al Madaris as a director.[2] The magazine was headquartered in Cairo and came out bimonthly.[9] It was distributed freely to students,[10] and teachers were asked to subscribe to the magazine.[6]

Rawdat Al Madaris produced many articles on school reform in Egypt and shaped the basis of this reform.[2] Its reform approach was based on Jamal al-Din al-Afghani's ijtihad view.[11] The magazine supported the teaching of botany, geography and history and that of traditional subjects.[2] Ali Pasha Mubarak, Rifaa Rafi Al Tahtawi, Abdullah Fikri and İsmail Al Falaki were some major contributors of Rawdat Al Madaris.[6] Contributors of the magazine also included university professors and undergraduate students who published articles on various scientific subjects, including chemistry.[4] [12] In addition, the magazine featured an Arabic translation of Molière’s Le Médecin malgré lui by Muhammad 'Uthman Jalal in 1871.[13] [14] However, it was published in only three issues of the magazine due to the obscenity of the language used by Jalal.[13] The magazine also covered Arabic poetry contributing to its revival.[5]

Rawdat Al Madaris folded in 1877.[2] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pre-1919 Egyptian Newspapers and Serials. Penn Libraries. 22 June 2018. 13 October 2023.
  2. Hoda A. Yousef. Reassessing Egypt's dual system of education under İsmaʿil: Growing ʿIlm and Shifting Ground in Egypt's First Educational Journal, Rawdat Al-Madaris, 1870–77. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 40. 10.1017/s0020743807080439. 1. 2008. 110, 112. 232251210. free.
  3. Muhammet Günaydın. The Role of Nineteenth Century Egyptian Press in the Development of Modern Arabic Literary Language -I: -Socio-Political Setting and al-Muwaylihi's ma Hunalik-. İstanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 18. 2008. 207.
  4. Egyptology Schools in Egypt during the Nineteenth Century. Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR. 9. 1. 2020. 10.21608/mjthr.2020.139587. 41–42. Islam Abdel Moatamed Mohamed. 242632564. et. al.. free.
  5. 2000. 20–21. Sabry Hafez. Literary innovation: Schools and journals. 25802892. 18. Quaderni di Studi Arabi.
  6. 1967. Lorne M. Kenny. 'Alī Mubārak: Nineteenth Century Egyptian Educator and Administrator. The Middle East Journal. 21. 1. 4324090. 47–48.
  7. Ellen McLarney. 48. Freedom, justice and the power of Adab. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 1. 2016. 46. 10.1017/s0020743815001452. 148519427.
  8. Encyclopedia: Fénelon's Traité de l'éducation des filles and Girls' education in Egypt, c. 1900. Encyclopédie d’histoire numérique de l’Europe. Marilyn Booth. Marilyn Booth.
  9. Donald Malcolm Reid. The Egyptian Geographical Society: From Foreign Laymen's Society to Indigenous Professional Association. Poetics Today. 14. 3. 1993. 10.2307/1773284. 1773284. 569.
  10. Book: Heidi Morrison. Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt. 2015. Palgrave Macmillan. 49. London. 978-1-137-43278-0. 10.1057/9781137432780.
  11. Indira Falk Gesink. "Chaos on the Earth": Subjective Truths versus Communal Unity in Islamic Law and the Rise of Militant Islam. The American Historical Review. 108. 3. 2003. 10.1086/529594. 727.
  12. Marilyn Booth. Book review. Victorian Literary Culture and Ancient Egypt, edited by Eleanor Dobson. Victorian Studies. 64. 4. 2023. 684. 258168433. 10.2979/victorianstudies.64.4.21.
  13. 163. Sameh F. Hanna. Othello in the Egyptian Vernacular. 10.1080/13556509.2009.10799275. The Translator. 15. 1. 2009. 144471356.
  14. Adam Mestyan. Arabic theater in early Khedivial culture, 1868–72: James Sanua Revisited. 1. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 46. 2014. 10.1017/s0020743813001311. 123. 10161/12572 . 162781557. free.
  15. Philip Sadgrove. Book review. Matti Moosa, The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 19. 1. 1987. 10.1017/s002074380003169x. 110–111. 162185296.

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