Sahifat Dar al-Ulum (magazine) explained

Saḥīfat Dār-al-ʿUlūm
Category:Education magazine
Founder:Sayyid Qutb
Founded:1934
Finaldate:1947
Country:Egypt
Based:Cairo
Language:Arabic
Website:Saḥīfat Dār-al-ʿUlūm

Sahifat Dar al-Ulum (Arabic: صحيفة دار العلوم; DMG: Saḥīfat Dār-al-ʿUlūm; English: "The Journal of the House of Sciences") was an Arabic journal published in Cairo from 1934 to 1947. It was founded by Sayyid Qutb (1905-1966), a well-known Egyptian writer, poet, and critic, who is considered to be one of the Muslim Brotherhoodʼs most important thought leaders, as well as Saʿd al-Labban and Muhammad Ibrahim Jabr. After training as a teacher, Qutb graduated from the Dār al-ʿUlūm University in Cairo during the founding year of the journal.[1] In terms of content, the editors focused on the “latest pedagogical, social and linguistic theories”[2] and pursued the goal to compete with the reputation of al-Azhar and the Egyptian University through their intellectual Islamic orientation and their high demands on the students.[3] In addition to Saḥīfat Dār-al-ʿUlūm, Qutb also published his articles in other journals of various ideological orientations, including ar-Risala[4] and aš-Šuʼūn al-iğtimāʿīya.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Calvert, John (2010). Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. London: Hurst and Company, p. 60 and Conermann, Stephan (2018): Quṭb Sayyid, in: Elger, Ralf/Friederike Stolleis (eds.): Kleines Islam-Lexikon. Geschichte - Alltag - Kultur. Munich: 6th, updated and extended edition 2018.
  2. Aroian, Lois A. (1983). The Nationalization of Arabic and Islamic Education in Egypt. Cairo: American University in Cairo, p. 61, cited from Calvert, John (2010): Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. London: Hurst and Company, p. 60.
  3. Al-Khalidi, Salah ʿAbd al-Fattah (1981). Sayyid Quṭb. Al-Shahīd al-Ḥayy. Amman: Maktabat al-Aqsa, pp. 100-101, cited from Calvert, John (2010): Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. London: Hurst and Company, p. 60.
  4. http://archive.sakhrit.co/newmagazineYears.aspx?MID=30 ar-Risala
  5. Damir-Geilsdorf, Sabine. (2003). Herrschaft und Gesellschaft. Der islamistische Wegbereiter Sayyid Quṭb und seine Rezeption. Würzburg: Ergon (= Mitteilungen zur Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte der islamischen Welt, vol. 11), pp. 24-29.