Hussein Mahmoud
Articles and Reviews Published for La rivista di Arablit
La primavera egiziana del 2011, poesia e rivoluzione
Articolo della rivista, Anno I, numero 1, giugno 2011
Poetry has animated Egyptian revolutionaries during their protests ever since the huge anti-British insurgency witnessed by Egypt in 1919. Just like in the past, in fact, the demonstrations that took place in central Cairo's Taḥrīr square on the 25th of January 2011 were once again supported by poets longing to [...]
Preludi della primavera araba nelle opere di Maḥfūẓ
Articolo della rivista, Anno II, numero 3, giugno 2012
Through the analysis of Naǧīb Maḥfūẓ’s al-Ṯulāṯiyyah published in the 1950s, this article tries to draw a parallel between middle class Egyptians of the author’s generation – depicted with their swinging relationships with power during a precise phase of transition for Egypt – and those recently taking part in the [...]
Il contenuto italianistico nella rivista culturale egiziana “al-Risālah” nella prima metà del Novecento
Articolo della rivista, Anno IV, Numeri 7-8, dicembre 2014
“al-Risālah” was one of the leading journals of Egypt’s liberal age which, thanks to the dedication of its owner and editor, Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Zayyāt, accomplished the goal of introducing Arab reader to world culture. This essay will focus on the contents which refer to Italian culture in particular, through a [...]
