Apollo (journal)

For the British magazine, see Apollo (magazine).

Apollo
EditorAhmed Zaki Abu Shadi
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FounderAhmed Zaki Abu Shadi
Founded1932
First issueSeptember 1932
Final issue1934
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic
WebsiteApollo

Apollo (Egyptian Arabic: اپولو; DMG: Apūllū) was an Arabic magazine, which appeared in Egypt from 1932 to 1934.[1][2] The first issue was published in September 1932.[3] Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955) was the founder of the magazine.[2] He was also the publisher of the first 25 issues and founded simultaneously the "Apollo Poet Society"[4] which was dedicated to the renewal of Arab poetry and the disposal of traditional conventions.[5]

Abu Shadi was not only a poet and author of numerous papers on politics, social reform, Islam and art but also a translator of some works by Hafez, Omar Khayyam and Shakespeare.[6] His journal became an important medium for experimental Arabic poetry outside of Egypt and was considered to be a pioneer of modern Arabic literature.[7]

After working as a publisher he went to the University of Alexandria to teach medicine and finally emigrated to New York in 1946. There he edited various Arab diaspora magazines.[8]

In 1957 another magazine entitled Shi'r was established in Beirut, Lebanon, by the Shi'r movement which was significantly affected by the poetic approach of the Apollo Poet Society and Apollo.[9]

  1. ^ Elisabeth Kendall (July 1997). "The Marginal Voice: Journals and the Avant-garde in Egypt". Journal of Islamic Studies. 8 (2): 223. doi:10.1093/jis/8.2.216.
  2. ^ a b S. Moreh (1968). "Free Verse "(Al-shi'r al-hurr)" in Modern Arabic Literature: Abū Shādī and His School, 1926-46". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 31 (1): 30. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00112777.
  3. ^ Robin Ostle (2000). "The "Apollo" Phenomenon". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 73–84. JSTOR 25802896.
  4. ^ J. Brugmann, An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt (in German), London: Brill, pp. 151–204
  5. ^ "أحمد زكي أبو شادي" (in Arabic). Khayma. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. ^ Robin Ostle (1994), "Modern Egyptian Renaissance Man", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (in German), vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 184–192, doi:10.1017/s0041977x00028226
  7. ^ Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Trends and movements in modern Arabic poetry (in German), London: Brill, p. 370
  8. ^ Slimane Z.Ghidour, La poésie arabe moderne entre l'Islam et l'Occident (in German), Paris: Karthala, p. 126
  9. ^ John Haywood (1978). "Book review". Die Welt des Islams. 18 (3–4): 236. JSTOR 1570475.