Categories | Literary magazine |
---|---|
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | General Egyptian Book Organization |
First issue | 1 January 1983 |
Country | Egypt |
Based in | Cairo |
Language | Arabic |
Ibdaa ( Arabic: Creativity) is a monthly Arabic literary magazine based in Cairo, Egypt. It has been in circulation since 1983.
Ibdaa was launched in January 1983. [1] The magazine, based in Cairo, [2] is published by the General Egyptian Book Organization, an agency of the ministry of culture. [1] [3]
Egyptian poet Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi became chief editor of the magazine in 1990 which he held until 2002 when he resigned from the post. [4] He was reappointed chief editor of Ibdaa in 2006. [4] As of 2015 the editor of Ibdaa was Egyptian novelist Mohamed Mansi Qandil. [5]
One of the major contributors was Ahmed Morsi, an Egyptian painter and poet. [6] His column was Risalat New York (Arabic: Dispatch from New York) which included his writings about Allen Ginsberg, Jasper Johns, and Toni Morrison. [6]
Ibdaa has been banned several times. [4] For instance, it was banned following the publication of a painting portraying Adam and Eve naked. [4] The other ban occurred after publishing a study about Jewish culture. [4]
In April 2007, the magazine was banned and its license was revoked by the Egyptian State Council Administrative Court on 7 April 2009 due to the publication of a poem entitled "On the balcony of Leila Murad" by Egyptian poet Hilmi Salem (1951-2012). [1] [7] [8] The poem in which God was likened to an Egyptian peasant was regarded by the court as "blasphemous". [9] [10] The petition to the court was made by the authorities at Al Azhar University. [9] However, the earlier prints of the poem in Salem's 2006 anthology and in Al Wafd daily and Al Arabi magazine did not cause any stir. [11] In addition to the ban, the magazine was harshly criticized by Hamdi Rizq writing for Almasry Alyoum, a daily in Egypt, due to its publication of the poem. [12] The ban and license revoking were reversed on appeal in June 2009. [13] [14]
Categories | Literary magazine |
---|---|
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | General Egyptian Book Organization |
First issue | 1 January 1983 |
Country | Egypt |
Based in | Cairo |
Language | Arabic |
Ibdaa ( Arabic: Creativity) is a monthly Arabic literary magazine based in Cairo, Egypt. It has been in circulation since 1983.
Ibdaa was launched in January 1983. [1] The magazine, based in Cairo, [2] is published by the General Egyptian Book Organization, an agency of the ministry of culture. [1] [3]
Egyptian poet Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi became chief editor of the magazine in 1990 which he held until 2002 when he resigned from the post. [4] He was reappointed chief editor of Ibdaa in 2006. [4] As of 2015 the editor of Ibdaa was Egyptian novelist Mohamed Mansi Qandil. [5]
One of the major contributors was Ahmed Morsi, an Egyptian painter and poet. [6] His column was Risalat New York (Arabic: Dispatch from New York) which included his writings about Allen Ginsberg, Jasper Johns, and Toni Morrison. [6]
Ibdaa has been banned several times. [4] For instance, it was banned following the publication of a painting portraying Adam and Eve naked. [4] The other ban occurred after publishing a study about Jewish culture. [4]
In April 2007, the magazine was banned and its license was revoked by the Egyptian State Council Administrative Court on 7 April 2009 due to the publication of a poem entitled "On the balcony of Leila Murad" by Egyptian poet Hilmi Salem (1951-2012). [1] [7] [8] The poem in which God was likened to an Egyptian peasant was regarded by the court as "blasphemous". [9] [10] The petition to the court was made by the authorities at Al Azhar University. [9] However, the earlier prints of the poem in Salem's 2006 anthology and in Al Wafd daily and Al Arabi magazine did not cause any stir. [11] In addition to the ban, the magazine was harshly criticized by Hamdi Rizq writing for Almasry Alyoum, a daily in Egypt, due to its publication of the poem. [12] The ban and license revoking were reversed on appeal in June 2009. [13] [14]