CULTURE
“MOLLA NASREDDIN” MAGAZINE TURNS 98
The 98th anniversary of publishing of the first number of “Molla Nasreddin” magazine has been marked at the house-museum of Azerbaijani playwright Jalil Mammadgulizadeh.
Director of house-museum Perikhanum Mahmudgizi told of the inestimable services of Jalil Mammadgulizadeh in the history of domestic journalism. It was noted that “Molla Nasreddin” magazine issued by him established a satiric genre of journalism in Azerbaijan and in the Middle East. The magazine brought together such progressive Azerbaijani intellectuals as M.A Sabir, N. Narimanov, A. Akhverdiyev, O. F. Neimanzadeh, A. Nazmi.
The speakers told of the activity of the magazine during the period of bans and censorship. However, the edition had many readers not only in Azerbaijan but also in Russia and countries of Asia, Europe and America.