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Al Siyasa
Owner(s)Liberal Constitutional Party
Founder(s)
Editor-in-chiefMohammed Hussein Heikal
FoundedOctober 1922
LanguageArabic
Ceased publication1951
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt

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[edit]

Al Siyasa was launched in 1922 shortly after the establishment of the Liberal Constitutional Party.[1] The first issue appeared in October that year.[2] The founders were Mohammed Hussein Heikal and Mahmoud Abdul Raziq.[3] The former also edited Al Siyasa.[4][5] Major contributors included Taha Hussein, Salama Moussa, Ali Mahmoud Taha, Ibrahim Nagi, Ibrahim Al Mazini and Mustafa Abdul Raziq.[3]

Following its start Al Siyasa supported religious freedom and secular thought.[1] During the 1920s the paper was particularly influential and the primary supporter of the reforms introduced in Turkey following the establishment of the new republican system.[1] At the same time it advocated Egyptian nationalism through the articles of Mohammed Hussein Heikal, which supported close economic and cultural relationships between Egypt and the countries of the Arab East.[6]

Al Siyasa was one of the four publications read by Egyptian women partly due to the fact that it featured a weekly women's page entitled Sahifat al Sayyida.[7] The page was started on 17 November 1922.[7] The other Cairo-based newspapers which also featured similar pages were Le Réveil, La Patrie and L'Information.[7]

However, the political stance of Al Siyasa explicitly changed, and it became a fierce critic of the foreign influence in Egypt.[8] In addition, the paper began to appeal to the beliefs of Muslims in the 1930s and claimed that the missionaries in the country were criminals.[4] It also attacked the Copts in the country.[9]

The major rival of Al Siyasa was Al Balagh, and the rivalry between them continued until 1951.[2] Both papers launched a weekly edition in 1926.[2] That of Al Siyasa was entitled Al Siyasa Al Usbuʿiyya which was started in March that year and existed until 1930.[2][10] Al Siyasa ceased publication in 1951.[3][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Richard Hattemer (January 2000). "Ataturk and the reforms in Turkey as reflected in the Egyptian press". Journal of Islamic Studies. 11 (1): 23, 33. doi:10.1093/jis/11.1.21.
  2. ^ a b c d Ami Ayalon (1995). The Press in the Arab Middle East: A History. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-19-535857-5.
  3. ^ a b c Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Egypt (4th ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-8108-8025-2.
  4. ^ a b B. L. Carter (October 1984). "On Spreading the Gospel to Egyptians Sitting in Darkness: The Political Problem of Missionaries in Egypt in the 1930s". Middle Eastern Studies. 20–25 (4): 21. doi:10.1080/00263208408700597.
  5. ^ Thomas Mayer (April 1984). "Egypt and the 1936 Arab Revolt in Palestine". Journal of Contemporary History. 19 (2): 276. doi:10.1177/002200948401900206. S2CID 161072118.
  6. ^ Ralph M. Coury (1982). "Who "Invented" Egyptian Arab Nationalism? Part 2". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 14 (4): 460. doi:10.1017/S0020743800052168. JSTOR 162976.
  7. ^ a b c Rebecca Joubin (Fall 1996). "Creating the Modern Professional Housewife: Scientifically Based Advice Extended to Middle- and Upper-Class Egyptian Women, 1920s–1930s". The Arab Studies Journal. 4 (2): 20. JSTOR 27933699.
  8. ^ "The Chargé in Egypt (Winship) to the Secretary of State". Cairo: Office of the Historian. 23 December 1927. Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1928, Volume II, Document 743
  9. ^ B. L. Carter (2012). The Copts in Egyptian Politics (RLE Egypt). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-415-81124-8.
  10. ^ Sabry Hafez (2000). "Literary Innovations: Schools and Journals". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 25. JSTOR 25802892.
  11. ^ "Al Siyāsah". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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