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The Modern Arab Association (Arabic: المؤسسة العربية الحديثة, Al-Muʾassasa al-ʿArabiyya al-Ḥadītha; The Modern Arabic Institute) is an Egyptian publishing house.
| Founded | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Hamdi Mustafa |
| Country of origin | Egypt |
| Headquarters location | Faggala, Cairo , Egypt |
| Publication types | Books and magazines |
| Imprints | Rewayat |
Established by Hamdi Mustafa in 1960, it published reference and revision school books for Egyptian school children, including the Silāḥ al-Tilmīdh (The Student's Weapon) series.[1]
In 1984 it started publishing several book series in the Arabic language under the name Rewayat (Egyptian Pocket Novels). That series was particularly popular "during the 1980s and 1990s".[2] The Modern Arab Association has been the official publisher and distributor of Rewayat to all over the Arabic-speaking world.
The first authors writing for the Modern Arab Association in this period were Nabil Farouk and Sharif Shawqi.[1]
Book series edit
More than 40 series have been published including:
- Silāḥ al-Tilmīdh (The Student's Weapon)
- Ragol Al Mostaheel (The Man of the Impossible).
- Malaf Al Mostakbal (The Future File).
- Al Maktab Raqam 19 (Office No. 19).
- Kūktīl 2000: Mā Warāʾal-Ṭabīʿa (Cocktail 2000)
References edit
- ^ a b Basilius Bawardi and Alif Faranesh, Non-canonical "Arabic Detective Fiction: The Beginnings of the Genre", Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 18(2018):30ff. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ * Ayesha Almazroui, If we want to keep Arabic alive, don’t blame English, thenational.ae. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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