Meraat-ul-Gharb

Meraat-ul-Gharb (Arabic: مرآة الغرب‎, romanized: mirʾāt al-ġarb, lit. 'Mirror of the West') was an Arabic-language newspaper founded and published in New York City by Najeeb Diab in 1899.[1] By 1911, it was considered "the best Arabic newspaper" published in the United States.[2] In 1908, Meraat-ul-Gharb was reported to be "one of the instruments which incited the Turkish military to its recent revolt" against the Ottoman Sultan's Government.[3]

Meraat-ul-Gharb
Meraat-ul-Gharb Masthead
Founder(s)Najeeb Diab
Founded1899
LanguageArabic
Ceased publication1961
HeadquartersNew York City
CountryUnited States

The newspaper published many of the Mahjar (emigree) writers in its columns, and was an early vehicle for the writing of Kahlil Gibran (1910), Mikhail Naimy (1915), Ameen Rihani (1916), and Ilya Abu Madi (1918). The paper's political views and editorials were, in its earliest issues, anti-Ottoman and then anti-Turk. Later it supported a federal Middle East, to include Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon. It was strongly against French colonialism in the region.


Editors: 1899-1916: Najeeb Diab; 1916-1918: William Catzeflis; 1918-1928: Iliya Abu Madi; 1928-1936: Najeeb Diab; 1937-1946: Nasib Arida; 1946-1961: Farid Ghosn [4]


Its printing house published such works as Kahlil Gibran's novel Broken Wings in 1912.

References
  1. Sawaie, Mohammed. "Arabic in the Melting Pot". The Arabic Language in America. p. 96.
  2. Houghten, Louise Seymour (1911). "Syrians in the United States". The Survey. Vol. 27. p. 792.
  3. "The Man the Sultan Meant to Behead". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 12, 1908. p. 7.
  4. Library of Congress: Microfilm 1570, Orient Near East
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