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Al Asr (1900) العصر
A bi-monthly, “scientific, literary and comic” magazine, edited by Selim Abd El-Ahad . The magazine had a policy not to publish political and religious articles:
"لا تنشر الرسائل السياسية او الدينية
The first issue was printed as a Folio, with subsequent issues being printed in A4 format.
The second issue of the first year is dated Monday April 9th, 1900. The Library holds three issues only.
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Al Ghada (December 1903) الغادة
A bi-monthly “scientific, literary and critical” paper, edited by is Elia Baroodi, B.A. 1905. Handwritten with some illustrations, and a printed cover page. The first issue is dated December 17th, 1903 and the library holds nine issues till June 20th, 1904. The paper was issued by the Scientific and Commercial departments of SPC. The magazine’s motto was “Cooperation, Fraternity, Equality and Liberty”. It featured some literary articles and reviews of College Societies’ activities. Displayed here is a biography of George Post. -
Al Hadiqah (1902) الحديقة
A “scientific, literary, comic”, bi-weekly review. Edited by Bashir Kassar (M.D. 1908) and Najib Nassar (B.A. 1906 and Registrar at the Preparatory Department). Its mission was to “spread knowledge and serve humanity”.
A colorful logo is drawn at the cover page of the issues reflecting the Ottoman era with the year drawn at the stop in Thughra style. The library holds issues from the magazine’s third and fourth years (1902-1903).
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Al Haz (November 1901) الحظّ
A “literary, comic and critical” bi-weekly magazine, with some interesting illustrations. Starting with the 9th issue, a motto appeared on the top of the cover page: “God, Nation, Virtue”. Originally founded in 1901 by Isaac Atiyah , it counted among its editors many poets such as Amin Takieddine (who went to Cairo where he established Al-Zouhour magazine with Antoun El Gemayel) and Salim Azar, both of whom went to become prominent poets and journalists. Among the subjects it tackled was a typical life of a student at SPC, and it was often done in a witty, interesting and comparative manner: see the article featured here regarding a comparison of students’ life at SPC and at Jesuit schools. -
Al Iffa (1902) العفّة
A bi-monthly “literary, scientific, comic” magazine, founded by Wadih and Elias Haddad. The first issue is undated but the second issue appeared on January 12th, 1902 The AUB Library owns 4 issues (1902). The issue displayed here features a sequenced novel “Amore” translated from French by Wadih Haddad. -
Al kulliyah (1899) الكلية
A weekly “scientific, literary, comic” magazine, edited by Selim El Khazen, and written by the mubtadi’oun, (Freshman) students. The first issue appeared on January 12, 1899, and the last of the 22 issues the library holds is dated July 6th, 1899. All issues are handwritten, and the format is folio. Besides its short and light articles, the magazine published sequenced novels such as “Shab al Asr” featured here.
The motto shown on the top of the cover page expresses students’ pride of belonging to SPC:
للاله الكريم نبسط كفا تستمد الرضا على الكلية
فهي تبغي انتهاج كل قويم وتحري الافادة الكلية
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Al Kulliyah Review (1933)
A bi-monthly typed and illustrated magazine, it circulated for a fee. The first issue appeared on December 22nd, 1933. The magazine’s motto: “Learning and Labor” reflects its commitment to prepare students for a life of practice . Some of the issues were bilingual (Arabic and English). The magazine features interesting anecdotes about AUB. It also contains several advertisements as is shown in the sample page. The Library holds the full run of the magazine, covering ten years (1933-1943). -
Al Manara [1906] المنارة
A literary magazine, edited by Jurji Saba, M.D. 1910. It features poems as well as sociological articles on the social life of SPC students outside the campus. It also covers life in the city, and tries to report on the life of various ethnic and religious groups.
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Al Thamarah
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