''Arrissalah'' ( ar, الرسالة ''Ar-Risala'': the message, or ''Ar-Risala Magazine'') was an Arabic weekly cultural magazine for literature, science, and art published in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

from 1933 to 1953. It has been described as "the most important intellectual weekly in the 1930s Egypt and the Arab world."

History and profile

The first issue of ''Arrissalah'' appeared in January 1933. It was published by Dar Arrissalah and owned and edited by

Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat ( ar, أحمد حسن الزيات) was an influential Egyptian political writer and intellectual who established the Egyptian literary magazine '' Arrissalah'', which is described as "the most important intellectual weekly ...

. Muhammad Farid Abu Hadid was instrumental in the establishment of the magazine. It was consisted of 86 pages which were printed on the A4-sized paper. ''Arrissalah'' was started as a biweekly publication, but its frequency was switched to weekly later. The magazine featured the work of prominent writers such as

Sayyid Qutb Sayyid 'Ibrāhīm Ḥusayn Quṭb ( or ; , ; ar, سيد قطب إبراهيم حسين ''Sayyid Quṭb''; 9 October 1906 – 29 August 1966), known popularly as Sayyid Qutb ( ar, سيد قطب), was an Egyptians, Egyptian author, educato ...

Ahmad Amin Ahmad Amin (Arabic: أحمد أمين), (1954-1886) was an Egyptian historian and writer. He wrote a series of books on the history of the Islamic civilization (1928–1953), a famous autobiography (''My Life'', 1950), as well as an important d ...

, Muhammad Farid Abu Hadid,

Ahmad Zaki Pasha Ahmad Zaki Pasha (, ; 26 May 1867 – 5 July 1934) was an Egyptians, Egyptian Philology, philologist, sometimes called the '' "Dean of Arabism" '' () or "''Shaikh al-Orouba "'', and longtime secretary of the Cabinet of Egypt, Egyptian Cabinet. ...

, Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq,

Mostafa Saadeq Al-Rafe'ie Mostafa Saadeq Al-Rafe'ie Mostafa Saadeq Al-Rafe' (1 January 1880 – May 1937) was an Egyptian poet, born in Egypt in Qalyubiyya, Egypt. Early life His maternal grandfather was Sheikh Eltoukhy (originally from Toukh, a famous Egyptian city) ...

Taha Hussein Taha Hussein (, ar, طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Nahda, Egyptian Renaissance and the modernism, modernist movem ...

, Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker, and

Aboul-Qacem Echebbi Aboul-Qacem Echebbi ( ar, أبو القاسم الشابي, ; 24 February 1909 – 9 October 1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, ''Humat al-Hima'' (''De ...

References

External links

* 1933 establishments in Egypt 1953 disestablishments in Egypt Arabic-language magazines Biweekly magazines published in Egypt Defunct literary magazines published in Egypt Magazines established in 1933 Magazines disestablished in 1953 Magazines published in Cairo Weekly magazines published in Egypt {{lit-mag-stub