Al Nida (newspaper)

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Al Nida
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Kazem Al Solh
Founder(s)Kazem Al Solh
Editor-in-chiefKazem Al Solh
Founded1930
Political alignmentArab nationalism
LanguageArabic
French
Ceased publication1940
HeadquartersBeirut

Al Nida (Arabic: النداء; The Appeal) was an Arabic language daily newspaper which was published in Beirut, Lebanon, in the period 1930–1940. The paper also had a French language edition. It is known for being one of the first Arabic newspapers which featured translations of Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf.

History and profile[]

Al Nida was established by Kazem Al Solh in Beirut in 1930.[1] He also owned and edited the paper which ceased publication in 1940.[1] It was published daily in Arabic,[2] but also had a French edition.[1] The paper was consisted of eight pages.[2]

Al Nida had an Arab nationalist political stance.[3] Although the daily was based in Beirut, most of its readers were in Damascus, Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq.[2] From January 1934 Arabic translations of Hitler's book Mein Kampf were published in Al Nida.[3] The book was translated into Arabic by Kamel Mrowa, an editor of the paper.[4] The publication of these texts caused criticisms in the country.[3] Upon this Kazem Al Solh published an editorial to explain his position in regard to Hitler's ideology stating that he did not support his race-based theories.[3] However, the paper also covered other anti-Semitic content.[5] During its existence Al Nida was banned several times.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Kazem el-Solh. 1904 - 1976". El Solh official website. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Stefan Wild (1985). "National Socialism in the Arab near East between 1933 and 1939". Die Welt des Islams. 25 (1–4): 147–148. doi:10.2307/1571079.
  3. ^ a b c d Götz Nordbruch (2014). "A Challenge to the Local Order: Reactions to Nazism in the Syrian and Lebanese Press". In Israel Gershoni (ed.). Arab Responses to Fascism and Nazism: Attraction and Repulsion. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 38–39. doi:10.7560/757455. ISBN 978-1477307571.
  4. ^ Wolfgang G. Schwanitz (Fall 2009). "Book review. Nazism in Syria and Lebanon. The Ambivalence of the German Option, 1933–1945 by Götz Nordbruch". Jewish Political Studies Review. 21 (3–4): 193–196. JSTOR 25834858.
  5. ^ Guy Bracha (2016). "'The Germans Are Coming!' The Jewish Community of Beirut Facing the Question of Jewish Immigration from Germany". Leo Baeck Institute Year Book. 61 (1): 48. doi:10.1093/leobaeck/ybw005.
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