al-Hilal

Monthly magazine founded in 1892 in Cairo by Jurji Zaydan.

Probably the oldest magazine in Arabic, until World War I al-Hilal was the most important journalistic forum of the Arab Nahda (Renaissance) in all its aspects. Later it became a platform for progressive Egyptian literature; after nationalization under Gamal Abdel Nasser, it adapted, increasingly, the Reader's Digest model in format and content.

Bibliography

Philipp, Thomas. Gurgi Zaidan: His Life and Thought. Wies-baden, Germany: Steiner, 1979.

Philipp, Thomas. The Syrians in Egypt, 1725 - 1975. Stuttgart, Germany: Steiner, 1985.

— THOMAS PHILIPP