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Hadiqat Al Akhbar
''Hadiqat Al Akhbar'' (Arabic: حديقة الاخبار; ''The News Garden'') was an Arabic newspaper which was published in Beirut in the period 1858–1911 with a two-year interruption. Its subtitle was ''Ṣaḥīfat Sūriyah wa-Lubnān'' (Arabic: ''Newspaper of Syria and Lebanon''). The paper was the first private daily in Beirut, the first Arabic newspaper which had a regular literary section and the first weekly Arabic newspaper in the region. History and profile ''Hadiqat Al Akhbar'' was launched by Khalil Al Khuri, a Syrian, in Beirut. The first issue appeared on 29 June 1858. Michel Médawar who was a Greek Catholic merchant working at the French Consulate The Consulate (french: Le Consulat) was the top-level Government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 10 November 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire on 18 May 1804. By extension, the term ''The Co ... in Beirut as an interpreter financed the paper. Its publisher was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Al-Khuri
Khalīl al-Khūrī ( ar, خليل الخوري; 28 October 1836, Choueifat — 26 October 1907) was a central figure of the Nahda. He was the owner of '' Hadiqat al-Akhbar'' ('The News Garden', 1858–1911), the first Arabic newspaper in Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ..., the origins of which may be pinpointed to a group of Syrians assembled at the forgotten Médawar Literary Circle. Quoting Jens Hanssen and Hicham Safieddine, he "was the first to popularize a sense of Syrian identity." In the words of Basiliyus Bawardi, he "believed that an adoption of a new Western literary genre into the traditional Arabic literary tradition would provide the Arab culture with tools for reviving the Arabic language and create new styles of expression." ''Hadiqat al-Akhbar' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |