''Al Balagh'' (Arabic:البلاغ; ''The Message'') is an Arabic language newspaper that has been in circulation since 1923 with some interruptions. The paper is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.
History and profile
''Al Balagh'' was launched by Abdul Qadir Hamzah in Cairo in 1923.
He started the paper shortly after the suspension of his previous publication, a newspaper entitled ''Al Ahali''. The first issue of ''Al Balagh'' appeared on 28 June 1923. The publisher is a company with the same name. Hamzah also served as the
editor-in-chief of the paper.
Until 1937 the paper was close to the
Wafd Party.
In the early 1930s many well-known political figures published articles in ''Al Balagh'' such as
Abdul Rahman Azzam,
Ibrahim Al Mazini and Zaki Mubarak.
[ These articles were mainly about the collaboration between Egypt and other Arab countries and about the ingredients, i.e. Egyptianness and Arabness, of the Egyptian nationalism.][ Abdul Qadir Hamzah also published articles on these topics in the paper.][ During the Arab revolt in ]Palestine
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Palestine may refer to:
* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
in 1936 ''Al Balagh'' was among the Egyptian media outlets which frequently published reports of attacks by British soldiers and Jewish radicals to the mosques
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ...
in Palestine.[ These publications, namely '']Al Ahram
''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after '' al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majori ...
'', ''Al Jihad'', ''Kawkab'' and ''Al Sharq'', contained news about the Zionist conspiracy to revive the Israelite kingdom and to restore the Solomon's Temple on the ruins of Al Aqsa mosque
al-Aqsa Mosque may refer to:
* The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also known as the Haram al-Sharif, an extended religious sanctuary in Jerusalem covering the entirety of the area of the Temple Mount.
* The Al-Aqsa Mosque building, the congregational pra ...
.Al Siyasa
''Al Siyasa'' (Arabic: ''The Politics'') was an Egyptian newspaper which was the official media outlet of the now-defunct Liberal Constitutional Party. The paper was in circulation from 1922 to 1951.
History and profile
''Al Siyasa'' was launch ...
'' which was the media outlet of the Liberal Constitutional Party, and the rivalry between them continued until 1951 when the latter ceased publication.[ Both papers launched a weekly edition in 1926.][ That of ''Al Balagh'' was entitled '' Al Balagh Al Usbuʿi'' which was started in November that year.][
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1923 establishments in Egypt
Arabic-language newspapers
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Daily newspapers published in Egypt
Newspapers established in 1923
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