Thamarāt al Funūn

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Thamarāt al Funūn
TypeBiweekly newspaper
Founder(s)Jamʿiyyat al-Funun
Founded20 April 1875
Language
Media of Lebanon
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    Lebanese Muslims during that period.[1] It circulated regionally as part of the rising Arabic-language press of the mid-19th century.[2]

    History and profile

    Thamarāt al Funūn was launched in 1875, and the first issue appeared on 20 April 1875.

    editors-in-chief of the paper, which was a supporter of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

    The paper was founded with a social mission, the first issue declaring: "It is not hidden that the newspapers of this age are the cause of progress…because they spread the good deeds of the good people and the bad deeds of the bad people…and it presents to you feasts of useful information."[8]

    Another editor-in-chief was Yusuf Al Asir, who also edited

    Lisan Al Hal.[9] Al Asir attempt to produce a synthesis between the East and West in Thamarāt al Funūn.[10]

    The headquarters of Thamarāt al Funūn was in Beirut,

    Hijaz on the Arabian Peninsula.[12] The paper ended publication in 1908 (the year of the Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire),[5][13] and the last issue was dated 20 November 1908.[11]

    Contributors and content

    In addition to Muslim contributors, some significant Christian authors also published articles in Thamarāt al Funūn, including Adib Ishaq and Yaqub Sarruf.[1]

    Thamarāt al Funūn initially produced news based on the translations of the telegraph messages sent by the major news agencies such as Reuters and Havas.[14] Frequent topics featured in the paper included the status of women[13] and education.[3] Contemporary debates about Ottoman politics and 19th century reform also appeared in the paper's editorials.[15] In general, the paper addressed issues of common concern in the Arabic-language press during the Nahda era, which also included questions of modernization, Westernization, comparative culture, national identity, and liberalism.[16] The paper is seen as drawing more from Islamic heritage and politics than other leading secular publications with related readerships at the time.[17][18]

    From the 1890s the biweekly adopted a conservative Islamist approach and frequently featured the writings of the leading conservative figures such as

    Mohammad Abduh and Ahmad Tabbara.[1][14] The latter replaced Abdel Qader Qabbani as the editor-in-chief in 1898.[1] During the editorship of Abdel Qader Qabbani Thamarāt al Funūn covered the Dreyfus affair in detail and argued that this incident was a result of the failure of French politics in realizing its ideal of citizenship.[19]

    The paper was subject to censorship exerted by the Ottomans, especially during the

    Nasir al Din Shah and Italian King Umberto who were all assassinated without using the word assassination.[20]

    Legacy

    Donald J. Cioeta's 1979 PhD thesis at the University of Chicago, Thamarat al funun, Syria's first Islamic newspaper, 1875-1908, provides an analysis of the paper.[21]

    A full text digital copy of the paper was made available open-access through the American University of Beirut in 2021.[22]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e Mohammad Magout. "Secularity in the Syro-Lebanese Press in the 19th Century". Leipzig University. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
    2. S2CID 143622728
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    3. ^
      JSTOR 26528991
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    4. ^ "Thamarāt al-funūn". Center for Research Libraries. 1875.
    5. ^
      S2CID 163722895
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    6. ISBN 9781617190896
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    7. S2CID 155248874
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    8. S2CID 159157333
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    9. ^ "Tributes to al-Shaykh Yūsuf al-Asir" (PDF). Louaize, Lebanon: Notre Dame University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
    10. ProQuest 288060869
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    11. ^ a b "A Chronology of the 19th-century Periodicals in Arabic". Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
    12. ISBN 0814203663
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    13. ^
      ISBN 978-0-85772-559-2
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    14. ^
      S2CID 143166875
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    15. ^ Hanssen, Jens. Fin de siècle Beirut: the making of an Ottoman provincial capital. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
    16. ISBN 9781138789180
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    17. doi:10.1163/19585705-12341255
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    18. S2CID 165737945
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    19. S2CID 229355188
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    20. ^
      S2CID 163019820
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    21. ProQuest 303029319
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    22. ^ "AUB Libraries received a full text digital copy of the Nahda periodical, Thamarat al-Funun 1875-1908". American University of Beirut. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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