Lisan al Hal

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Lisan al Hal
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)Khalil Khattar Sarkis
PublisherLebanese National Congress.
Founded1877; 144 years ago (1877)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersBeirut
WebsiteOfficial website

Lisan al-Hal or Lissan ul-Hal (Arabic: لسان الحال / ALA-LC: Lisān al-Ḥāl) was a Lebanese Arabic language daily newspaper established by Khalil Sarkis in 1877[1][2] and is the oldest Lebanese publication still published in Lebanon.[3]

History[]

Khalil Khattar Sarkis (also known as Khalil Zayniyya)[4] had established his own printing house called Al Adabiyya through which he printed his newspaper, Lisan al Hal, and a magazine entitled Al Mishkat.[1] Said Aql also took part in the establishment of these papers.[4] Khalil Khattar Sarkis was part of the Reform Society of Beirut and the society of the Lebanese Revival whereas Said Aql was a member of the latter.[4]

Lisan al Hal was published twice per week for a long time until the 1900s.[5] One of the early editors of the paper was Salim Sarkis.[6] Yūsuf al-Asir was also one of the early editors.[7] Khalil Khattar Sarkis continued as editor until his death when in 1915, his son Ramez Khalil Sarkis took over the task until 1941 when he was elected as a Lebanese Member of Parliament from Beirut and was assigned as minister of education. During the Ottoman era, the paper was censored several times.[6]

After his election and starting 1942, editing of Lisan al Hal was continued by his son Khalil Ramez Sarkis who was also a literary figure and had a series of literary works published. After Khalil Ramez Sarkis, editing and publishing was taken over by Gebran Hayek.[8][9] Bishop George Khodr wrote for the daily in his column called Hadith al Ahad (The Sunday Talk) from 11 March 1962 to 25 January 1970.[10] The newspaper stopped publication during the Lebanese Civil War in the 1970s.

The daily was disestablished in 1999.[11] The circulation of the paper just before its closing was 33,000.[12] The name and the licence of the paper was acquired by the Lebanese National Congress that resumed its publication as a weekly newspaper.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b معجم المطبوعات العربية - اليان سركيس - ج ١ - الصفحة ١٠٢٠ (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2614. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  3. ^ a b "Media Landscape". Menassat. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Eliezer Tauber (1990). "The Press and the Journalist as a Vehicle in Spreading National Ideas in Syria in the Late Ottoman Period". Die Welt des Islams. 30 (1/4): 165. doi:10.2307/1571051.
  5. ^ "Arabic newspapers held by the British Library" (PDF). British Library. May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ^ a b Donald J. Cioeta (May 1979). "Ottoman Censorship in Lebanon and Syria, 1876-1908". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 10 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1017/s0020743800034759. JSTOR 162125.
  7. ^ "Tributes to al-Shaykh Yūsuf al-Asir" (PDF). Louaize, Lebanon: Notre Dame University. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. ^ نبذة تاريخية عن بلدة عبيه (in Arabic)
  9. ^ Nabil Dajani (Summer 2013). "The Myth of Media Freedom in Lebanon" (PDF). Arab Media and Society (18). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Articles". George Khodr website. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Lisan al-Hal". UKIRA. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Lebanon Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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