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Akhbar Al Adab
February 2010 issue
Editor-in-chiefMagdi Afifi
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherAkhbar Al Yawm
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Akhbar Al Adab (Arabic: أخبار الأدب; Cultural News in English)[1] is an Arabic weekly literary magazine which is published by state-run Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house.

History and profile

Akhbar Al Adab was established by Gamal Al-Ghitani in 1993 as a platform for Egyptian and Arab literary production.[2][3] Since then it has been publishing by Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house on Sundays.[4][5][6] The company also publishes Al Akhbar newspaper.[7]

From its foundation in 1993 to January 2011 Gamal Al-Ghitani served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine and he was replaced by Mustafa Abdullah in the post.[8][9] However, the journalists of the magazine demanded the removal of him as the editor-in-chief.[9] In May 2011, Abla al-Roweiny was chosen by the journalists as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.[2][9] In August 2013 Magdi Afifi was appointed editor-in-chief.[4][10]

Palestinian author Fadwa Al Qasem published her short stories in the magazine.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Egyptian Figures". SIS. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lina Attalah (2 June 2011). "A new Akhbar al Adab". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Media Landscape". Menassat. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b Nadia Ahmed (1 August 2013). "Akhbar al Adab". Mada Masr. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  5. ^ Akhbar Al Adab IA Media Service. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  6. ^ Andrew Hammond (2005). Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-85109-449-3. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  7. ^ Joel Beinin; Frédéric Vairel (21 August 2013). Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa: Second Edition. Stanford University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8047-8569-3. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  8. ^ Safaa Abdoun; Marwa Al A’asar (18 January 2011). "Shoura Council reshuffles editors of state papers, magazines". Daily News Egypt. Cairo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "Akhbar al-Adab Strike Succeeds". Arabic Literature. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  10. ^ Mohammed Saad (15 August 2012). "Politics of new editor at Egypt's prestigious literarature news worries journalists". Ahram Online. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  11. ^ Nedim Gursel; Ghamal al-Ghitani; Fadwa Al-Qasem; Ala Hlehel, Hassan Blasim, Yousef al-Mohaimeed, Elias Farkouh, Nabil Sulayman, Joumana Haddad, Yitzkah Laor (4 December 2013). Madinah: City Stories from the Middle East. Comma Press. p. 110. GGKEY:TJQ3PCYQFQA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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