Al-Fajr (literary magazine)

The Egyptian literary magazine al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر; English: The Dawn) was published weekly in Cairo between 8 January 1925 and 31 January 1927.[1][2] Ahmed Khairi Sa'id was editor-in-chief.[2]

Al-Fajr
CategoriesLiterary
FrequencyWeekly
First issue8 January 1925
Final issue31 January 1927
CountryEgypt
Based inCairo
LanguageArabic

A group of young writers of the al-Madrasa al-Haditha ("Modernist School"), including Mahmoud Taymour (1894 -1973), Mahmoud Tahir Laasheen (1894-1954), Yahya Haqqi[3] (1905-1993) and Husayn Fawzy (1900-1988), are considered to be the founders of the magazine.[4] Some of them increased their popularity inside and outside of Egypt by publishing their works in al-Fajr.

Generally, the declared aim of the journal was reaching the renaissance of the Egyptian literary scene and in particular "intellectual independence".[5]

References

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  1. ^ Robin Ostle (2000). "The "Apollo" Phenomenon". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 75–76. ISSN 1121-2306. JSTOR 25802896.
  2. ^ a b "فتحى سيد فرج - محمود طاهر لاشين : رائد القصة القصيرة المنسى 1/2". /www.ahewar.org. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ Miriam Cooke (1981). "Yahya Haqqi as Critic and Nationalist". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 13 (1): 21–34. doi:10.1017/S0020743800055057. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 163285.
  4. ^ O. A. (o. J.): Development of Arabic Short Story. [1], Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ^ Israel Gershoni and James P. Jankowski (1986). Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs: The Search for Egyptian Nationhood, 1900-1930. New York und Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 125.

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