Ad-Diya

Ad-Diya
The first issue of the magazine
EditorIbrahīm Al-Yāziǧī
CategoriesCulture, anthropology, language, education
FrequencyTwice per month
PublisherIbrahīm Al-Yāziǧī
FounderIbrahīm Al-Yāziǧī
First issue15 September 1898
Final issue31 July 1906
CountryEgypt
Based inCairo
LanguageArabic

Between 1898 and 1906, the Arabic periodical aḍ-Ḍiyāʾ (Arabic: Illumination) was published twice a month in Cairo.[1][2] There are eight year's issues with 24 numbers each (first to third year), resp. 20 numbers each (fourth to eighth year). Its founder and editor in chief was Ibrahīm al-Yāziǧī,[3] a linguist and journalist from Lebanon,[2] who on his readers’ request published aḍ-Ḍiyāʾ in succession to his earlier periodical al-Bayān (1897–1898). As regards content, it had the same agenda as al-Bayān.[4] The subtitle of the periodical underlines this aspiration: “maǧallat ʿilmīya adabīya ṣaḥīya ṣanāʿīya“ (“a scientific, literary, sanitary and industrial journal”). It was one of the early magazines in Cairo which featured short stories.[5] Alongside countless scientific and literary topics, articles on the development of newspapers in Egypt at that time are also to be found (cf. i. a. 1st year, 1st issue).[6]

A complete and free available digital version[7] of this journal can be found in the digital collections[8] of the ULB Bonn.

  1. ^ Elisabeth Kendall (July 1997). "The Marginal Voice: Journals and the Avant-garde in Egypt". Journal of Islamic Studies. 8 (2): 219. doi:10.1093/jis/8.2.216.
  2. ^ a b Sabry Hafez (2000). "Literary Innovations: Schools and Journals". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 24. JSTOR 25802892.
  3. ^ Soueid 1969, pp. 8–9
  4. ^ Soueid 1969, pp. 106–114
  5. ^ Constantin Georgescu (1978). A Forgotten Pioneer of the Lebanese Nahdah: Salim al-Bustani (1848–1884) (PhD thesis). New York University. p. 38. ISBN 979-8-204-67080-8. ProQuest 302884803.
  6. ^ cf. i. a. aḍ-Ḍiyāʾ, 1st volume, 1st issue, 1898.
  7. ^ Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften / ad- ḍīyāʻ. 3 May 1898. Retrieved 14 March 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn / Arabische Periodika [1-10]". digitale-sammlungen.ulb.uni-bonn.de. Retrieved 14 March 2018.