Merit Culture Magazine: Egyptian Woman's Struggle, Huda Shaarawi as Example

Merit Culture Magazine: Egyptian Woman's Struggle, Huda Shaarawi as Example
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Merit Culture Magazine: Egyptian Woman's Struggle, Huda Shaarawi as Example

Merit Culture Magazine: Egyptian Woman's Struggle, Huda Shaarawi as Example

The 64th issue of the Merit Culture Magazine (October issue) dedicates a cultural section titled a “Woman Fight for her Rights - Huda Shaarawi as an Example” including six articles: “Woman’s role in global development movement”, a lecture addressed by Shaarawi, head of the Egyptian Women Union at the time, at the American University of Cairo, on November 12, 1929; “Memoirs of Huda Shaarawi and beginnings of feminist renaissance” by Dr. Nadia Hanawi (Iraq); “From Mashrabiya to Court” by Dr. Ikram Badawi; “Huda Shaarawi…between social work and political struggle” by Dr. Asmaa Badawi; “How did Huda Shaarawi come out from ‘Harem Era’ and ‘uncovered her face’?” by researcher Samar Lashin; “Arabic feminism: influencing models and contemporary problematics” by journalist Mariana Sami.

The “Critical Views” section features six articles including “Lady Chatterley's Lover… Guardians of the Lord and Literature Inquisitions” by Dr. Mamdouh Farraj al-Nabi; “Social transformation in Jabbour Douaihy’s The American Quarter” by Dr. Huda Ali Eid (Lebanon); “In days of bright sun” by Miral al-Tahawi, in which she exposes laws and customs that subdue women; “Cultural criticism experience of Iraqi critic Fadel Abboud al-Tamimi” by Dr. Tarek Bouhala (Algeria); “Comparative Literature Studies in Moroccan Universities” by Abadati Boushaab (Morocco); “Storytelling romance in Ibtihal al-Shayeb’s ‘Familiar’ collection” by Shawky Abdul Hamid Yahya.

The “Poetry” section includes 11 poems by Ibrahim Daoud, Mahmoud Qarni, Al Sammah Abdullah, Atef Abdulaziz, Karim Abdul Salam, Hana al-Ghunaimi (Egypt), Naseer al-Sheikh (Iraq), Leila Bare’ (Morocco), Salim al-Naffar (Palestine), and Aisha al-Maghrebi (Libyan based in Paris).

The “Story” section offers stories by Al Sayed Najm, Hossam al-Mukadem, Salah Matar, Hassan al-Judi (Syria), Sanaa Shaalan (Jordan), Saad al-Nazzal (Iraq), and Sondos Abdelkader Midi (Libya).

This issue’s “Noun al-Neswa” section discusses the “Truce Nights- Pain Clashes” released by Merit Publishing House in 2020, by Egyptian novelist Mona al-Assassi, in addition to four articles.

The “Speech Innovation” section features three articles: “Views in Literary Quranic Studies” by Mohammed Yassine; “What are the historic roots of some legislations, worships in Islam” by Aya Kotob; “Sufism… understanding of heaven and hell” by Hala Ismat.

The “Around the World” section includes two translations: Asmaa Moussa Othman translated two stories by Italian novelist Andrina Christa, “Eternal Wedding” and “Renata”; and Hussein Sunbuli (Syria) translated the “Disappointment”, a novel by German novelist Thomas Man.

The “Cultures and Arts” section includes an interview by Samir Darwish with Egyptian storyteller and novelist Tarek Imam in which he admits that “Marquise is my favorite and most inspiring novelist, but I believe that Dostoevsky and Kazantzakis top the list of best novelists in history.” The “Personal View” section features “Texts against the official literary current,” an article by Dr. Faisal al-Ahmar (Algeria). The October issue of Merit includes many more articles

like Heidi Ammar’s “Philosophic Quartet in Egyptian Cinema” in the “Cinema” section; “The Codex Sinaiticus” by Dr. Majed Izzat Israel in the “Manuscript” section; “Art Treatment between Imagination and Reality” by Mina Nassef in the “Theater” section; “Eves of Apple” by Dr. Usama al-Hammoud (Syria), and “Women of Sultan Harem in the ‘Pasha’s Daughter” novel” by Khadija Masrouq (Alegria) in the “Books” section.

The cover and graphics in the “Creativity and Creatives” section are made by Syrian artists Ola al-Ayoubi, while graphics in “Noun al-Neswa” are signed by Egyptian artist Najat Farouq, and the photographs on the covers of each section and the back cover are presented by Yemeni photographer Abdullah al-Jaradi.

Merit Culture’s editorial board is composed of publishing manager Mohammed Hashem, editor-in-chief Samir Darwish, assistant editor-in-chief Adel Samih, managing editor Sara al-Iskafi. The primary maquette is gifted by Ahmed al-Loubad.



Ancient DNA Shows Genetic Link Between Egypt and Mesopotamia

This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut tombs in Nuwayrat, Egypt where a pottery vessel in which the remains of a man, radiocarbon dated to around 2855–2570 cal BCE, was discovered. (John Garstang, Mahmoud Abd El Gelel/Garstang Museum of Archaeology/University of Liverpool via AP)
This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut tombs in Nuwayrat, Egypt where a pottery vessel in which the remains of a man, radiocarbon dated to around 2855–2570 cal BCE, was discovered. (John Garstang, Mahmoud Abd El Gelel/Garstang Museum of Archaeology/University of Liverpool via AP)
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Ancient DNA Shows Genetic Link Between Egypt and Mesopotamia

This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut tombs in Nuwayrat, Egypt where a pottery vessel in which the remains of a man, radiocarbon dated to around 2855–2570 cal BCE, was discovered. (John Garstang, Mahmoud Abd El Gelel/Garstang Museum of Archaeology/University of Liverpool via AP)
This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut tombs in Nuwayrat, Egypt where a pottery vessel in which the remains of a man, radiocarbon dated to around 2855–2570 cal BCE, was discovered. (John Garstang, Mahmoud Abd El Gelel/Garstang Museum of Archaeology/University of Liverpool via AP)

Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in an Egyptian tomb site dating to between 4,495 and 4,880 years ago.

Four-fifths of the genome showed links to North Africa and the region around Egypt. But a fifth of the genome showed links to the area in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, known as the Fertile Crescent, where Mesopotamian civilization flourished.

"The finding is highly significant" because it "is the first direct evidence of what has been hinted at" in prior work," said Daniel Antoine, curator of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum.

Earlier archeological evidence has shown trade links between Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as similarities in pottery-making techniques and pictorial writing systems. While resemblances in dental structures suggested possible ancestral links, the new study clarifies the genetic ties.

The Nile River is "likely to have acted as an ancient superhighway, facilitating the movement of not only cultures and ideas, but people," said Antoine, who was not involved in the study.

The skeleton was found in an Egyptian tomb complex at the archaeological site of Nuwayrat, inside a chamber carved out from a rocky hillside. An analysis of wear and tear on the skeleton - and the presence of arthritis in specific joints - indicates the man was likely in his 60s and may have worked as a potter, said co-author and bioarchaeologist Joel Irish of Liverpool John Moores University.

The man lived just before or near the start of ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified as one state, leading to a period of relative political stability and cultural innovation, including the construction of the Giza pyramids.

"This is the time that centralized power allowed the formation of ancient Egypt as we know it," said co-author Linus Girdland-Flink, a paleogeneticist at the University of Aberdeen.

At approximately the same time, Sumerian city-states took root in Mesopotamia and cuneiform emerged as a writing system.

Researchers said analysis of other ancient DNA samples is needed to obtain a clearer picture of the extent and timing of movements between the two cultural centers.