The Arabic periodical ''al-Bayān'' (English: "announcement" or "declaration") was published once or twice a month from 1 March 1897 until 16 August 1898. It was edited in
Cairo
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by
Ibrahīm Al-Yāziǧī (1847–1906) and Bišāra Zalzal (1851–1905) and was the successor of the medical journal ''
aṭ-Ṭabīb'' (1884–1885). Since 1898, Al-Yāziǧī, a linguist and journalist from Lebanon, particularly built up his reputation as the chief editor of the journal
''aḍ-Ḍiyāʾ'' (1898-1906). Apart from scientific articles, al-Bayān focused on cultural and anthropological topics such as language and education.
[al-Bayān, 1st volume, 1st issue.]
References
Further reading
* Ayalon, Ami (1995): ''The Press in the Arab Middle East'', New York.
* Glaß, Dagmar (2004): ''Der al-Muqtaṭaf und seine Öffentlichkeit. Aufklärung, Räsonnement und Meinungsstreit in der frühen arabischen Zeitschriftenkommunikation, Band I'', Würzburg, pp. 42, 113.
* Hanna, Elias (1993): ''La presse Arabe'', Paris.
* Hartmanns, Martin (1899): ''The Arabic Press of Egypt'', London.
* Rugh, William A. (1979): ''The Arab Press. News Media and Political Process in the Arab World'', New York.
* Soueid, Père Paul (1969): ''Ibrahim Al-Yazigi, L'Homme et son Œuvre'', Beirut.
External links
''al-Bayān'' digitized online version
''al- ǧāmiʻa'' digitized online version
''ad- ḍīyāʻ'' digitized online version
Arabic-language magazines
Cultural magazines
Defunct magazines published in Egypt
Irregularly published magazines
Magazines established in 1897
Magazines disestablished in 1898
Magazines published in Cairo
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