Arabic Literary-Scientific Journals: Precedence for Globalization and the Creation of Modernity

摘要: In his memories, he conjures up a vision free of any signs ofmodernity. Just as donkey walks away from the capital’s train station, narrative leaves behind radically new forms communication, transportation, economy, and thought that had reached Cairene metropole Egyptian countryside by late 1890s. His omits technologies political economy Egypt emerge even is refusing them. Foremost among these were literary-scientific journal newspaper, both immensely popular since their inception in nineteenth century. Musa, himself born provincial town Zagazig, worked or published journals such Mustafa Kamil’s nationalist al-Liwa’ (The Brigade) 1908, Jurji Zaydan’s al-Hilal Crescent), Y’aqub Sarruf’s al-Muqtataf Harvest), May Ziyadah’s al-Mahrusah (Cairo, Protected), others, well starting two own journals, al-Mustaqbal Future, 1914) al-Majallah al-jadidah New Journal, 1929). He acknowledges education—that is, awakening political, intellectual, social consciousness—was radicalized leaders other “pioneers Arab Renaissance” (ruwwad al-nahdah), whose writings disseminated virtually exclusively through newspapers. The blindness endemic to Musa’s self-reflections—the inability refusal see harbingers modernity around him—recalls innumerable earlier reformers Tanzimat period pondered underdevelopment, “feudalism,” “backwardness” (takhalluf ) provinces Ottoman Empire. Among earliest ponderings, Salim al-Bustani, son renowned intellectual encyclopedist Butrus wrote an editorial 1870 titled “Why Are We Backward?” answers “Easterners,” particularly those Syrian provinces, lack unity fraternal love.