Lisan Al Arab
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)
  • Ibrahim Salim Al Najjar
  • Ahmed Izzat Al Adami
  • Ibrahim Al Muhib
Founded24 June 1921
LanguageArabic
Ceased publication30 April 1925
HeadquartersJerusalem
CountryMandatory Palestine

Lisan Al Arab (Arabic: لسان العرب, romanized: ⁨⁨Lisan al-'Arab, lit. 'The Voice of Arabs') was an Arabic newspaper which was published in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine⁩, between 1921 and 1925. It was the first daily newspaper in Palestine.[1][2][3]

History and profile

Lisan Al Arab was first published on 24 June 1921 as a daily newspaper.[1][4] Lebanese journalist Ibrahim Salim Al Najjar was the cofounder and a member of its editorial board.[4][5] The other founders of the paper were Ahmed Izzat Al Adami, also a Lebanese journalist,[4] and Ibrahim Al Muhib.[2] Adel Jaber was among its major contributors.[1]

Lisan Al Arab was subject to frequent criticisms due to its alleged pro-British and pro-Zionist political stance.[5] In fact, it was a supporter of the British policies in regard to the Jews and Arabs in Palestine.[4] The British administration in Palestine asked Ibrahim Salim Al Najjar to report the British policies concerning the region in Lisan Al Arab.[3] Therefore, the paper was boycotted,[5] and Palestinians who were the opponents of the British attacked its offices.[3]

Mustafa Kemal Pasha's victory over the Greek army in September 1922 was enthusiastically welcomed by Falastin, another Palestine newspaper, but an editorial of Lisan Al Arab dated October 1922 published the following statement which had been allegedly said by him or one of his close allies: "You Arabs should not think that we forgot the treachery [sayyi’a] you committed against us."[6] This was described as a lie by Abdul Qadir Al Muzaffar, an editor of Falastin.[6]

The frequency of Lisan Al Arab was switched to three times per week from 1923, and the paper continued with this frequency until 30 April 1925 when it ceased publication after producing 543 issues.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lisan al-'Arab". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 R. Michael Bracy (2011). Printing Class: 'Isa Al-'Isa, Filastin, and the Textual Construction of National Identity, 1911-1931. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7618-5375-6.
  3. 1 2 3 Aida Ali Najjar (1975). The Arabic Press and Nationalism in Palestine, 1920-1948 (PhD thesis). Syracuse University. p. 65. ISBN 9781083851468. ProQuest 288060869.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Mohammed Omer (2015). "Against All Odds: Media Survive in Palestine". Global Media Journal: African Edition. 9 (2): 115. doi:10.5789/9-2-209 (inactive 1 August 2023). hdl:10520/EJC184126.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link)
  5. 1 2 3 Adnan A. Musallam (August 1986). "Palestinian Arab Press Developments Under British Rule with A Case Study of Bethlehem's Sawt al-Sha'b 1922– 1939". Bethlehem University Journal. 5: 77. JSTOR 26444513.
  6. 1 2 Awad Halabi (2012). "Liminal Loyalties: Ottomanism and Palestinian Responses to the Turkish War of Independence, 1919-22". Journal of Palestine Studies. 41 (3): 30. doi:10.1525/jps.2012.XLI.3.19.
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