Al-Maʿrifa and the Multi-Modal Taqrīẓ: Commendation as a Mediation of Networks for Journal Readers
By the late 1920s, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Islāmbūli (d. 1963) grew disillusioned with the Pharaonist discourse promoted by al-Siyāsa al-usbūʿiyya (The Weekly Politics), which marginalized the role of Islam in Egyptian identity. In response, al-Islāmbūli launched his own periodical, al-Maʿrifa, seeking to...
| Subtitles: | Printing Communities on the Islamicate Periphery |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Oriente moderno
Year: 2025, Volume: 105, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 97-119 |
| Further subjects: | B
Arabic Periodicals
B Interwar Period B Easternism B Taqrīz |
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| Summary: | By the late 1920s, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Islāmbūli (d. 1963) grew disillusioned with the Pharaonist discourse promoted by al-Siyāsa al-usbūʿiyya (The Weekly Politics), which marginalized the role of Islam in Egyptian identity. In response, al-Islāmbūli launched his own periodical, al-Maʿrifa, seeking to revive "the spirit of the East" and foster intellectual networks. This article explores how al-Islāmbūli adapted the pre-modern genre of taqrīẓ (commendation) within al-Maʿrifa and utilized it in multiple modes to establish literary and social capital. I highlight how al-Islāmbūli’s "outside" connections and networks were mediated "inside" the periodical through the various modes of commendation. Through analyzing al-Maʿrifa’s multi-modal taqrīẓ of texts, letters, and contributors, I trace how this pre-modern genre evolved within 20th-century Egyptian periodicals as a tool for community-building and intellectual engagement. |
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| ISSN: | 2213-8617 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Oriente moderno
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22138617-12340364 |
