Its members included Ahmed Khairi Sa'id, Hussein Fawzi [ar], Muhammad Taymur [ar], and Mahmud Tahir Lashin [ar].[1]
Other figures associated with Al-Madrasa al-Ḥadītha include Ibrahim al-Masri, Zaki Tulimat [ar], Hassan Mahmud, Yahya Haqqi, Muhammad Kamil Hajjaj, Zakaria Mahran, Sayed Darwish, Ahmed Allam [ar], Muhammad Rashid, and Fa'iq Riad.[2]
The movement of Al-Madrasa al-Ḥadītha focused on the short story as the medium of choice.[4] Its members tended to create stories with very few main characters, single plots, and simple situations.[4] They sought to create realistic literature expressive of the Egyptian personality.[4]
Ahmed Khairi Sa'id coined the slogan of Al-Madrasa al-Ḥadītha: "Long live authenticity, long live innovation. Long live renewal and reform." (فلتحيا الأصالة ، فليحيا الإبداع . فليحيا التجديد والإصلاح).[8][9]
Associated with this movement and literature of the period were calls to use Egyptian vernacular Arabic, at least in dialogue.[3]
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