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Al urwa al wuthqua 1933-1934
Painting by Anisa Rawda -
Al urwa al wuthqua 1933-1934
Painting by Mustafa Farroukh -
Al urwa al wuthqua 1938
Members of the Society of AL Urwah Al Wuthqa (1938) with the President Bayard Dodge and Dr. Costantine Zurayk -
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Al Urwah al Wuthqa, later Al Urwa (1918)
Affiliated with the Al-Urwa al-Wuthqa association (1918- 1955)
Al Urwa al Wuthqa magazine was a focus for cultural and political activity. Edited by prominent intellectuals throughout its years of appearance, it featured articles encouraging its readers to connect with and discover the richness and depth of their Arab culture, the beauty of the Arabic language, and to reflect upon their unique position as Arab citizens in the modern world.
The Al Urwa al Wuthqa magazine (and some say the association itself) reached its peak of intellectual maturity and depth in the 30s and 40s, when both the association and the magazine were supervised by their Advisor, Dr. Constantine Zureik.
Among the topics discussed in the magazine were questions of nationalism, what distinguishes the Arab nation as such, and what are some of the obstacles facing its unification. Looked at with some distance from the angle of the 21st century, many of the articles are truly striking in their subtlety, complexity and candidness.
Also noteworthy, is the level of artistic and graphic design that the magazine achieved. Displayed here are several issues featuring drawingsby Rafaat Buheiry. -
Al-Arzah (1907) الأرزة
A bi-monthly “scientific, literary, comic” newspaper, edited by Suleiman Frayha, Raghib Atiyeh M.D. 1913., Habib Shahadeh M.D. 1913 , Hanna Nassif, Philip Adami. The library holds issues 2 through 6 (Dec. 15, 1907 to March 30, 1908). The magazine focuses on poetry, literature, historical anecdotes as well as jokes, but it also covers some timely social problems in Greater Syria, e.g. women illiteracy.
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Al-Kinanah (1900) الكنانة
A bi-weekly, “scientific, literary and critical” magazine, issued by the students of “Al Moudrikoun” , (Juniors) and edited by Edward Afandi Shami. The Library holds 12 handwritten issues; issue 2 of volume 1, the earliest issue in the Library’s possession, is dated November 29, 1900). Most articles deal with students’ life around campus. -
Al-Nahḍah al-Iṣlaḥiyah [1907] النهضة الإصلاحية في المدرسة الكلية
A bi-monthly handwritten Arabic magazine, self-described as “critical scientific literary comic paper”. Edited by Philip Birbary B.A. 1910. and Taufik Kurban B.A. 1910 (for the 2nd year of the magazine), and by Aboud Nasrallah B.A. 1912; and Tawfik Kandalaft B.A. 1912, M.D. 1916 (for the third year of the magazine). It discusses literary articles, and features poetry by prominent students, e.g. Ali Salam, B.A. 1910. It also covers YMCA student elections and athletic news, features some jokes, commercial advertisements, as well as descriptions of student life employment prospects and travels. -
Al-Thamarah (1914) الثمرة
The first issue of al Thamarah, issued by Thamarat al Este’dadiyah Society, appeared on February 6th, 1914. The editors of the first volume were Mohamad Salam, Mahmoud Hamdi, Nicholas Bshara and Antonios Hayli. The board of editors changed with every volume, counting among the editing members important figures, e.g. Mr. Omar el Yafi (1915-1916), Muhyeddine Halawani (1916-1917 and 1918- 1919), Matta Akrawi (1919-1920), Abdallah Mashnouk (1918-1919) and Anis Nsouli (1918-1919) (the latter two went on to publish and edit the newspaper Beirut Al Masa).
The library holds five volumes, each one covering an academic year. Al-thamarah discussed student life after the decline of the Ottoman Empire; covered visits of prominent personalities to the Syrian Protestant College, e.g. Prince Faysal and General Allenby, and contained many illustrations by Omar El Onsi ( see issues of 1918 and 1919). Featured here is a portrait Prince Faysal by Onsi.
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Al-Zahra (1927) الزهرة
The editing committee included Mr. Omar Farroukh as well as Mr. Camille Khattar (B.B.A. 1929; artist and founder of the ABC stores). The library holds a single bound volume. Interestingly, the only date is mentioned in this review: Wednesday April 11th, 1927 when the Islamic Scouts made a journey that started from Nabatiyeh through many villages to end in Damascus, then back to Beirut by train on Sunday April 15th, 1927.