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''Akhbar Al Adab'' (; ''Cultural News'' in English) is an
Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
weekly literary magazine which is published by state-run Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house.


History and profile

''Akhbar Al Adab'' was established by
Gamal Al-Ghitani Gamal al-Ghitani (, ; 9 May 1945 – 18 October 2015) was an Egyptian author of historical and political novels and cultural and political commentaries and was the editor-in-chief of the literary periodical '' Akhbar Al-Adab'' ("Cultural News") ...
in 1993 as a platform for
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and
Arab Arabs (,  , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
literary production. Since then it has been published by Akhbar Al Yawm publishing house on Sundays. The company also publishes '' Al Akhbar'' newspaper. The headquarters is in Cairo. The magazine features articles on literary work as well as interviews. From its creation in 1993 to January 2011 Gamal Al-Ghitani served as the
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
of the magazine and he was replaced by Mustafa Abdullah in the post. However, the journalists of the magazine demanded his removal as the editor-in-chief. In May 2011, Abla al-Roweiny was chosen by the journalists as the editor-in-chief of the weekly. In August 2013 Magdi Afifi was appointed editor-in-chief. Editor-in-chief Tarek el-Taher and author Ahmed Naji were acquitted on 2 January 2016 on charges they had published indecent material in Naji's novel, ''The Use of Life'', which ''Akhbar Al-Adab'' published in August 2014. Yasser Abdel Hafez and Hassan Abdel Mawgoud are among the contributors.
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author Fadwa Al Qasem published her
short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
in the magazine.


See also

*
List of magazines in Egypt The history of magazines in Egypt is long, dating back to the 1890s. The earliest magazines included women's magazines as well as those published in Turkish language, Turkish from 1828 to 1947. In 1919 there were nearly more than thirty women's ma ...


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