Al Karmel
Editor-in-chiefMahmoud Darwish
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FounderMahmoud Darwish
Founded1981
Final issue2008
Country
Based in
LanguageArabic

Al Karmel was a literary magazine which existed between 1981 and 2008. The magazine is known for its founder and editor Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian writer. It was based in various cities during its run.

History and profile

Al Karmel was established by Mahmoud Darwish in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1981.[1] Darwish edited the magazine until his death.[1][2] Its publisher was Al Karmel Cultural Foundation.[1] Elias Khoury was the editor of the magazine between 1981 and 1982.[3]

Following the Palestine Liberation Organization's departure from Beirut in 1982 the magazine's headquarters moved to Nicosia, Cyprus, where it was printed until 1996.[4][5] The associate editor of the magazine when it was headquartered in Nicosia was Salim Barakat, a Syrian writer.[6] Next Darwish published the magazine in Paris.[4] Then it was restarted in Ramallah, Palestine.[5][7]

Darwish published many poems in Al Karmel, including prose poems.[2] One of his prose poems was about the events occurred on 6 June 1982 when Israel invaded Lebanon and was featured in the magazine in 1986.[8] Edward Said was a regular contributor of the magazine, and through his literary critics Said became known in the Arab world.[9] Said's contributions also made Mahmoud Darwish's poems much more eminent.[9] Arab and Israeli writers contributed to the title in addition to international ones such as Russell Banks, J. M. Coetzee and José Saramago.[5] The magazine featured short stories and essays written by the Palestinian writer Asia Shibli.[10]

The headquarters of Al Karmel in Ramallah was destroyed by the Israeli army in April 2002.[5]

Al Karmel folded in 2008.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Al-Karmel Magazine". Yasser Arafat Museum. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 Rebecca Dyer (2007). "Poetry of Politics and Mourning: Mahmoud Darwish's Genre-Transforming Tribute to Edward W. Said". PMLA. 122 (5): 1447–1462. doi:10.1632/pmla.2007.122.5.1447. S2CID 153945860.
  3. ↑ Farah Aridi (2019). "Elias Khoury". In Rita Sakr (ed.). The Literary Encyclopedia. Vol. 6.
  4. 1 2 "Mahmoud Darwish". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Karmel, Al". Encyclopedia.com. Citing Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  6. ↑ "Salim Barakat". Banipal. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Muhammad Siddiq (2005). "Darwish, Mahmoud". In Philip Mattar (ed.). Encyclopedia of The Palestinians (Revised ed.). New York: Facts On File, Inc. p. 116. ISBN 978-0816057641.
  8. ↑ Hania A. M. Nashef (2016). "Two memories: Darwish and Shehadeh recount their days under siege". Prose Studies. 38 (3): 222. doi:10.1080/01440357.2016.1269452. S2CID 164576830.
  9. 1 2 3 Muna Abu Eid (2016). "Mahmoud Darwish: The Poet's Art and His Nation". Bustan: The Middle East Book Review. 7 (2): 144, 146. doi:10.5325/bustan.7.2.0143.
  10. ↑ Amal Eqeiq (2019). "From Haifa to Ramallah (and Back): New/Old Palestinian Literary Topography". Journal of Palestine Studies. 48 (3 (191)): 29. JSTOR 26873214.
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