Al Siyasa

Al Siyasa (The Politics in Arabic) was an Arabic newspaper which was the official media outlet of the now-defunct Liberal Constitutional Party. The paper was in circulation from 1922 to 1951.

Al Siyasa
Owner(s)Liberal Constitutional Party
Founder(s)Mohammed Hussein Heikal
Mahmoud Abdul Raziq
Editor-in-chiefMohammed Hussein Heikal
Founded1922
LanguageArabic
Ceased publication1951
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt

History and profile

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

Following its start the paper supported the 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] Al Siyasa was one of the four publications which was read by the Egyptian women partly due to that fact that it featured a weekly women's page entitled Sahifat al Sayyida.[5] The page was started on 17 November 1922.[5] The other Cairo-based newspapers which also featured similar pages were Le Réveil, La Patrie and L'Information.[5]

However, the political stance of Al Siyasa explicitly changed, and it became a fierce critic of the foreign influence in Egypt.[6] 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.[3] It also attacked the Copts in the country.[7]

Al Siyasa ceased publication in 1951.[2][8]

References
  1. 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. Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Egypt (4th ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-8108-8025-2.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "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
  7. B. L. Carter (2012). The Copts in Egyptian Politics (RLE Egypt). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-415-81124-8.
  8. "Al Siyāsah". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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