Al Majalla (magazine)

Al Majalla was launched by the Ministry of Culture in 1957 when the ministry was also established.^[1][2] The founding editor was Mohamed Awad.^[3] The magazine became a popular publication shortly after its start.^[1] Tharwat Okasha, the minister of culture, appointed Yahya Haqqi, a well-known writer, editor-in-chief of the magazine in 1962.^[1][4] Haqqi modified the function of the magazine from being an official organ of the ministry to being a platform for young Egyptian writers and cultural figures.^[1] The magazine frequently published translations of the Vietnamese literary work.^[5]

In 1971 Haqqi was removed from the editorship,^[2] and Al Majalla was closed down by a decree of the President Anwar Sadat.^[3] Mohammed Saad of Ahram Online regards this decree as the massacre of the magazines.^[3]

In 2012 a cultural magazine with the same name was established in Cairo.^[3]