Yousef El-Issa

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Yousef El-Issa
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Born1870
Jaffa, Mutassarifate of Jerusalem
Died1948
Damascus, Syria
OccupationJournalist

Yousef El-Issa (alternative: Yusuf al-‘Isa) (Arabic: يوسف العيسى) was a Palestinian journalist.[1] He established the Filastin newspaper with his cousin Issa El-Issa in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa.[2] Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to Arab Nationalism and the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. They were passionately opposed to Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine.[3][4][5][6] He has been described by a researcher to be "a founder of modern journalism in Palestine".[7]

Al-Muqattam, one of the most read dailies in Egypt, commented in an editorial when El-Issa was editor-in-chief (1911-1914):

“Heads of Arabs in all major cities bend to the editorials of Ustad Yousef EL-Issa.[7]

See also[]

Falastin newspaper

References[]

  1. ^ Mustafa Kabha. "The Palestinian People : Seeking Sovereignty and State" (PDF). Rienner.com. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  2. ^ Palestinian Personalities, Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), retrieved 25 Jul 2007
  3. ^ Issa al Issa’s Unorthodox Orthodoxy: Banned in Jerusalem, Permitted in Jaffa, Salim Tamari, 2014, Jerusalem Quarterly, Institute for Palestine Studies
  4. ^ "Jaffa - يافا -Jaffa". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  5. ^ "Filastin (journal)". Cosmos.ucc.ie. 1911-01-14. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  6. ^ Emanuel Beška (2016). From Ambivalence to Hostility: The Arabic Newspaper Filastin and Zionism, 1911–1914. Slovak Academic Press. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  7. ^ a b Beska, Emanuel (2018). "Yusuf al-'Isa: A Founder of Modern Journalism in Palestine". Jerusalem Quarterly. 74 (74): 7–13.
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