''Al-Hilal'' () is a monthly Egyptian cultural and

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founded in 1892. It is among the oldest magazines dealing with arts in the

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History and profile

''Al-Hilal'' was founded in 1892 by

Jurji Zaydan Jurji Zaydan ( ar, جرجي زيدان, ; December 14, 1861 – July 21, 1914) was a prolific Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher, most noted for his creation of the magazine ''Al-Hilal (magazine), Al-Hilal'', which he used to seri ...

, a journalist from

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who had come to Egypt in the 1880s. The first issue of the monthly was published in September 1892. After Jurji Zaydan's death the journal was edited by his sons, Emile and Shukri Zaydan. Shortly after its start ''Al-Hilal'' managed to be a popular magazine along with another magazine '' Al Muqtataf''. The magazine, published in Arabic, is based in Cairo. It is one of the state-owned publications in the country. State-run Dar Al Hilal Publishing House is the publisher of the magazine. Past issues of ''Al-Hilal'' were digitized by the

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. In addition, the publisher also archived the past issues of the magazine and of other publications.

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n news agency the ''AsiaN'' and the magazine initiated a cultural partnership to support the cooperation in the fields of culture and media. Al Hilal has inspired many Arabic magazines, including '' Al Nafais Al Asriyyah'' launched in Jerusalem in 1908.

Editors and contributors

On 30 March 2011 Helmy Al Namnam became the

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of ''Al Hilal''. The next editor-in-chief of the magazine was Mohamed Al Shafei. One of the earliest contributors was

May Ziadeh May Elias Ziadeh ( ; ar, مي إلياس زيادة, ; 11 February 1886 – 17 October 1941) was a Lebanese people, Lebanese-Palestinians, Palestinian poet, essayist, and translator, who wrote many different works both in Arabic language, Ar ...

, a Palestinian feminist writer. Another contributor was Aisha Abel Rahman, an author and professor of literature. She published articles under the pseudonym Bint al Shati. Her articles and others in ''Al Hilal'' were supportive of the

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. Mansur Fahmi and

Salama Moussa Salama Moussa (or Musa; 1887 – 4 August 1958) ( ar, سلامه موسى , ) was an Egyptian journalist, writer and political theorist. Salama Moussa was an avowed secularist, he introduced the writings of Darwin, Nietzsche, and Freud to ...

also contributed to the magazine.

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 ...

regularly contributed to ''Al Hilal'' from 1933 to his death in 1954.

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History and profile

Editors and contributors

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