The Arabic-language satirical weekly al-Fukaha (Arabic: الفكاهة; DMG: al-Fukāha; English: "Humour" or "Joke") was published in Cairo between 1926 and 1933.[1] The famous publishing house Dar al-Hilal edited seven volumes with a total of 369 issues.[2][3] The 48-page periodical largely started with a caricatural cover picture.[4][5] A large range of caricatures, comics and illustrations supplemented the satirical texts whereby the style was reminiscent of the New Yorker art and Pin-Up-Art of that time.[6] On the one hand the journals satire targeted the Cairo daily life, on the other hand the international social scene.[7] In 1933 Dar al-Hilal combined both journals al-Fukaha and al-Kawakib to the satire magazine Al-Ithnayn (meaning "The Two" in English).[8]
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| Categories | Satire |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Dar al-Hilal |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Final issue | 1933 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
| Website | nbn-resolving |
References
edit- ^ Marilyn Booth (August 1992). "Colloquial Arabic Poetry, Politics, and the Press in Modern Egypt". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 24 (3): 431. JSTOR 164623.
- ^ Al-Fukaha. 1926.
- ^ Al-Fokaha: An Early Egyptian Humor Magazine. In: Oum Cartoon. 2015, Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Walter Armbrust: What Would Sayyid Qutb Say? In: Walter Armbrust (ed.): Culture Wars. The Arabic Music Video Controversy and other studies in satellite broadcasting in the Arab and Islamic world. The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo/New York 2006, pp. 18–29.
- ^ Al-Fokaha: An Early Egyptian Humor Magazine. In: Oum Cartoon. 2015, Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Al-Fokaha: An Early Egyptian Humor Magazine. In: Oum Cartoon. 2015, last accessed on 29 April 2019.
- ^ Asher Kohn: The Syrian cartoonists who live and die by their pens. In: Roads & Kingdoms. 20 November 2015, last accessed on 29 April 2019.
- ^ Tarik Sabry: Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field. I.B. Tauris, London/New York 2012, p. 44.
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