Al-Muqtataf (magazine)
Categories | Science magazine |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Yaqʿūb Ṣarrūf; Fāris Nimr; Šāhīn Makāriyūs |
Founded | 1876 |
Final issue | 1952 |
Country | Lebanon Egypt |
Based in | Beirut Cairo |
Language | Arabic |
Al-Muqtaṭaf (
Publication history
Al-Muqtataf was founded in 1876 by the
The publishing course was apparently not planned from the beginning since the volumes are not furnished with a date till the fourth year.[5] The chronology was published until 1885 only according to Gregorian calendar later the Islamic dating was also added.[6] Besides Syria and Egypt the issues were also distributed in Iraq, Iran, Yemen and were spread in numerous European countries, in the USA, Canada, Latin America, Australia as well as in India and China.[3]
In 1882, the journal attracted controversy when it published a speech by an SPC professor named Edwin Lewis. The speech made favorable references to
Al-Muqtataf ended publication in 1952.[10]
Content
Al-Muqtaṭaf was not a political but rather an encyclopaedic journal that followed European and American examples.[11] The New Yorker weekly journal American Artisan for "Arts, Mechanics, Manufactures, Engineering, Chemistry, Inventions and Patents" provided the logo of crossed hammer and feather, which was copied at the title page till the 1890s.[3] At first the subheading was "ǧarīda ʿilmīya ṣināʿīya" ("journal for science and industry") which indicates that current politics was for the most part neglected.
The publishers' aim was to inform the reader in the
The rubric for disputation and correspondence (Bāb al-Munāẓara wa-l-Murāsala) and the column for questions and answers (Masāʿil wa-aǧwibatuhā) enabled and promoted social, scientific and political debates. Authors and readers could express their opinions, debate with other authors or ask questions.[14] The importance of interaction with the readership is also evident in numerous reader surveys, its results were continuously published.[15]
It was also important for the authors to complement the articles with numerous illustrations, first in black and white and from 1926 on for the first time coloured.[16] From March 1885 a lot of advertisements appeared, from October 1886 they were published in Arabic and English in many pages for a wider public.[3] All in all this encyclopaedic educational journal, the only one of its kind, had remarkable influence on numerous scientific, social and political debates in the Arab world. Due to its publications scientific fields, European literature as well as social topics could gain popularity and broadly be discussed.[17]
Influence
Al Muqtataf was used by other Arabic journals as a model, including Al Nafais Al Asriyyah launched in Jerusalem in 1908.[18]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-2263-7873-2.
- .
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Dagmar Glaß. (2004): Der al-Muqta?af und seine Öffentlichkeit. Aufklärung, Räsonnement und Meinungsstreit in der frühen arabischen Zeitschriftenkommunikation, 2 Bde., Würzburg: Ergon Verlag., pp. 61, 185ff, 249.
- ^ a b Dagmar Glaß. (1995). Die Masail-Kolumne in al-Muqtataf. Ein Indikator für die Rezeption einer arabischen Wissenschaftszeitschrift der 19. Jahrhunderts?, Herzog, Christoph/Motika, Raoul/Pistor-Hatam, Anja (Eds.), Presse und Öffentlichkeit im Nahen Osten, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag, pp. 59-82.
- ^ cf. al-Muqtataf, 5(1), 1880.
- ^ cf. al-Muqtataf, 10th volume., 2nd issue, 1885.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-351-58922-2.
- JSTOR j.ctt183p4f5.
- S2CID 158818848.
- ^ "A Chronology of the 19th-century Periodicals in Arabic". Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Ami Ayalon. (1992). Sihafa: The Arab experiment in journalism. MES, Bd. XXVIII, 2, p. 258.
- ^ Ayalon, Ami (1995). The Press in the Arab Middle East: A History, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 53.
- JSTOR 4282400.
- ^ al-Muqtataf 1881.
- ^ al-Muqtataf June–December 1921.
- ^ al-Muqtataf, August 1926.
- ^ Ami Ayalon. (1995). The Press in the Arab Middle East: A History, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 55.
- hdl:2027.42/96110.