It began as a commercial printing press on the ground floor of a large house numbered 70 on Al-Fagalah Street (a street then famous for its printing presses). The building was originally owned by Khalil Al-Zahar and was later purchased by Mr. Abdel Rahim Al-Demerdashy Pasha.<\/p>\n
In 1910, the printing press was developed into Dar Al-Maaref for Publishing, following the rental of a shop within the same house, which became the Dar Al-Maaref Bookstore.<\/p>\n
In 1953, the numbering system of properties on Al-Fagalah Street changed, and the address became 9 Al-Fagalah Street, which is currently one of Dar Al-Maaref’s branches. As book publishing activities expanded, the current headquarters was built and the publishing house moved there on March 1, 1950, to what was then 5 Maspero Street.<\/p>\n
Later, the street name and building number changed to the current 1119 Nile Corniche Road, near Abdel Moneim Riad Square. A side annex was also built for the main headquarters. In 1963, many public institutions were nationalized, including Dar Al-Maaref.<\/p>\n
Currently, Dar Al-Maaref has 21 branches across Egypt, offering and selling all of its publications.<\/p>\n
Current Chairman of the Board: Said Abdo Mostafa<\/p>\n
Dar Al-Maaref enriched the Arabic library by publishing works of many leading writers such as Taha Hussein, Tawfiq Al-Hakim, Al-Mazni, Mohamed Mandour, Ibrahim Nagi, Ahmed Hassan Al-Zayyat, Aisha Abdel Rahman, Shawqi Dayf, Ahmed Mostagheer, and Sayed Shalaby.<\/p>\n
It is also notable for being the only publishing house that allowed writers of all political and ideological backgrounds\u2014from fundamentalists and Salafists to Marxists and communists\u2014to publish their works in its presses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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