Ibdaa (magazine)

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Ibdaa
Categories Literary magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherGeneral Egyptian Book Organization
First issue1 January 1983;40 years ago (1983-01-01)
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.

Contents

History

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]

Bans

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In April 2007, the magazine was banned and its license was revoked by the Egyptian State Council Administrative Court on 7 April 2009 due to the publication of a poem entitled "On the balcony of Leila Murad" by Egyptian poet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]

See also

List of magazines in Egypt

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References

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  2. ↑ "At a glance". Al Ahram Weekly (459). 9–15 December 1999. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Mahmoud El Wardani (8–14 July 1999). "Books. At a glance". Al Ahram Weekly. 437. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Robier Al Faris (22 April 2007). "When a father kills his baby". Arab West Report. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ibda'e magazine releases January issue". Egypt Independent. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. 1 2 Ahmed Morsi (December 2017). "Intermediality and Cultural Journalism". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (37): 291.
  7. ↑ "Statements". AFTE. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "'God Is Not a Policeman': Helmi Salem Dies at 61". Arabic Literature. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 Jenna Krajeski (10 April 2009). "Good Shepherd". The New Yorker. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  10. ↑ Mohamed El Bendary (2010). The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 7. ISBN   978-0-7391-2431-4.
  11. ↑ "Egypt court bans magazine for blasphemy". Al Arabiya. Cairo. Reuters. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  12. ↑ Hamdi Rizq (31 May 2007). "A Legitimate Edition". Almasry Alyoum. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "The impact of blasphemy laws on human Rights" (Policy Brief). Freedom House. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Egypt court reinstates magazine licence after poem". Reuters. Cairo. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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