Al-Jinan (magazine)

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Al-Jinan
Categories
  • Political magazine
  • Literary magazine
FrequencyBi-weekly
FounderButrus al-Bustani
First issueJanuary 1870
Final issue1886
CountryOttoman Empire
Based inBeirut
LanguageArabic

Al-Jinan (

Arabic: الجنان, romanized: al-jinān; "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] Its first issue appeared in January 1870.[3] Written largely by Butrus' son Salim who became its editor-in-chief in 1871,[3] the magazine finally ceased to appear because of the growing difficulties of writing freely under the rule of Abdülhamid.[4]

Profile

Al-Jinan had a pan-Arab political stance.[5] 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.[4] The magazine was also one of the earliest Arabic magazines which covered narrative fiction such as novels, novellas and short stories.[3][5] One of the novels serialized in the magazine was Salim Butrus's historical novel Al Hayam fi Futuh al Sham (1884; Arabic: Passion during the Conquests of Syria) which is about the conquest of Syria by Muslims in the 7th century.[6]

Al-Jinan was issued by subscription only, and was not sold in bookstores.[3] In the initial phase the readers sent their subscriptions by post to Beirut.[3] Following its success local agents were employed to collect subscriptions in the cities, including Baghdad, Basra, Cairo, Alexandria, Aleppo, Assiut, Casablanca, Tangier, London, Paris and Berlin.[3] Three years after its start Al-Jinan had nearly 1500 subscribers.[5] The readers of the magazine included the leading Muslim merchant families in Beirut.[5] It also had readers in Palestine.[2]

The issues of Al-Jinan are archived at Al Aqsa Mosque Library in Jerusalem.[7]

References

  1. ISBN 9789754282344
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    ISBN 978-0-292-78281-5
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    JSTOR 25802893
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    ISBN 978-0-521-27423-4
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    JSTOR 23861931
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  6. ^ "Al-Huyām fī jinān al-shām novel by Al Bustānī". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  7. ^ Krystyna Matusiak; Qasem Abu Harb (24 August 2009). "Digitizing the Historical Periodical Collection at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Library in East Jerusalem" (Conference Paper). rclis.org. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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