Al-Hiwar (magazine)

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Al Hiwar (Arabic: مجلة حوار) was an Arabic magazine published in Beirut between 1962 and 1967.[1][2] The magazine was established and financed by the CIA during the cultural Cold War.[3][4] Generous funding was provided by the agency with the stipulation that it publish articles on the situation of Soviet Muslims.[5] The magazine was originally designed as a publication to improve modern Arabic poetry.[6]

The financial support of the magazine by the Congress for Cultural Freedom which was a cover organization by CIA was uncovered by the New York Times[3] in April 1966.[1] Following this, the magazine was closed.[3] The editor and founder of the magazine, Tawfiq Sayigh,[2] left Lebanon as a result of this event.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Elizabeth M. Holt (2013). ""Bread or Freedom": The Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA, and the Arabic Literary Journal Ḥiwār (1962-67)" (PDF). Journal of Arabie Literature. 44: 83–102. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Timothy Mitchell (18 November 2002). Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity. University of California Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-520-92825-1.
  3. ^ a b c d Ursula Lindsey (24 July 2018). "Arab Magazines: A Neglected History Resurfaces". Al Fanar Media. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ Juliana Spahr (2018). Du Bois’s Telegram. Literary Resistance and State Containment. Cambridge; London: Harvard University Press. p. 85. ISBN 9780674986961.
  5. ^ Joseph Massad (2015). Islam in liberalism. Chicago London: University of Chicago Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-226-20622-X. OCLC 871670666.
  6. ^ Hanan Toukan (2015). "Whatever Happened to Iltizām? Words in Arab Art after the Cold War". Perspectivia.
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