''Alif Ba'', also spelled ''AlifBa'' and ''Alef Ba'', () was a daily newspaper published in

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

between 1930 and 1958. The paper is known for its Palestinian founders Issa Al Issa and Yousef Al Issa who had cofounded the ''

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'' newspaper in

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History and profile

''Alif Ba'' was started by the Palestinian journalists Issa Al Issa and Yousef Al Issa in Damascus in 1930, and its first issue appeared on 13 March that year. They established it when ''Falastin'' was banned in Jaffa. Over time ''Alif Ba'' became one of the most influential papers in Arab politics in the late 1930s. ''Alif Ba'' came out daily. It had an anti–Zionist political stance and was a fierce critic of the British policy in the region. Issa Al Issa managed to return to Jaffa where he continued to publish ''Falastine''. Yousef Al Issa stayed in Damascus and edited ''Alif Ba'' until his death in 1948. Then his two sons edited the paper until its closure in 1958.

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