Editor-in-chief | Mohamed Al Shafei |
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Former editors | Helmy Al Namnam |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Dar Al Hilal Publishing House |
Founder | Jurji Zaydan |
Founded | 1892 |
Country | Egypt |
Based in | Cairo |
Language | Arabic |
OCLC | 1639361 |
Al-Hilal ( Arabic: الهلال, lit. 'the crescent') is a monthly Egyptian cultural and literature magazine founded in 1892. [1] It is among the oldest magazines dealing with arts in the Arab world. [2] [3]
Al-Hilal was founded in 1892 by Jurji Zaydan, [4] [5] a journalist from Beirut who had come to Egypt in the 1880s. [6] [7] The first issue of the monthly was published in September 1892. [8] After Jurji Zaydan's death the journal was edited by his sons, Emile and Shukri Zaydan. [9] Shortly after its start Al-Hilal managed to be a popular magazine along with another magazine Al Muqtataf. [10]
The magazine, published in Arabic, is based in Cairo. [11] It is one of the state-owned publications in the country. [12] State-run Dar Al Hilal Publishing House is the publisher of the magazine. [13] [14]
Past issues of Al-Hilal were digitized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. [2] In addition, the publisher also archived the past issues of the magazine and of other publications. [15] South Korean news agency the AsiaN and the magazine initiated a cultural partnership to support the cooperation in the fields of culture and media. [16]
Al Hilal has inspired many Arabic magazines, including Al Nafais Al Asriyyah launched in Jerusalem in 1908. [17]
On 30 March 2011 Helmy Al Namnam became the editor-in-chief of Al Hilal. [18] The next editor-in-chief of the magazine was Mohamed Al Shafei. [16]
One of the earliest contributors was May Ziadeh, a Palestinian feminist writer. [19] Another contributor was Aisha Abel Rahman, an author and professor of literature. [20] She published articles under the pseudonym Bint al Shati. [20] Her articles and others in Al Hilal were supportive of the United Arab Republic. [20] Mansur Fahmi and Salama Moussa also contributed to the magazine. [21] Ahmad Amin regularly contributed to Al Hilal from 1933 to his death in 1954. [22]