[2] However, Taha Hussein, editor of the magazine, was accused of being part of the Zionist movement due to his post.

[2] Al-Katib al-misri was founded originally by the Egyptian Press and Publishing House owned by the Jewish Al Harari family who entrusted Taha Hussein with the management.

[2] The focus of the journal was the publication of international literature and literary criticism, which were translated into Arabic and so helped to reach a broader readership.

[5] As one of the first post-war magazines, al-Katib al-misri also aimed to make its vision of the enlightenment accessible to all and to promote mutual cultural exchange.

[2] Arabic translations among others, of works by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry or Jean-Paul Sartre,[6] were published, texts of promising new Arab authors[8] as well as literary criticism, which also offered an introduction by Western authors such as James Joyce or Franz Kafka.