Al-Jinan (magazine)
Al-Jinan (Arabic: الجنان, romanized: al-jinān, meaning "The Gardens") was an Arabic-language political and literary bi-weekly magazine established in Beirut by Butrus al-Bustani and active between 1870 and 1886.[1][2] Written largely by Butrus' son Salim, "it finally ceased to appear because of the growing difficulties of writing freely under the rule of Abdülhamid."[3]
| Frequency | Bi-weekly |
|---|---|
| Founder | Butrus al-Bustani |
| First issue | 1870 |
| Final issue | 1886 |
| Country | Ottoman Empire |
| Based in | Beirut |
| Language | Arabic |
It was the first important example of the kind of literary and scientific periodicals which began to appear in the 1870s in Arabic alongside the independent political newspapers.[3]
References
- Dagmar Glass. "'An Ounce of Example is better than a Pound of Instruction'. Biographies in Early Arabic Magazine Journalism". Querelles privées et contestations publiques. Le rôle de la presse dans la formation de l'opinion publique au Proche Orient. p. 13.
- Ami Ayalon. Reading Palestine: Printing and Literacy, 1900-1948. p. 49.
- Albert Hourani. Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. p. 245.
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