Between 1898 and 1906, the Arabic periodical ''aḍ-Ḍiyā''ʾ (
Arabic: ''Illumination'') was published twice a month in
Cairo.
There are eight year's issues with 24 numbers each (first to third year), resp. 20 numbers each (fourth to eighth year). Its founder and
editor in chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was
Ibrahīm al-Yāziǧī, a
linguist and journalist from Lebanon,
[ who on his readers’ request published ''aḍ-Ḍiyāʾ'' in succession to his earlier periodical '']al-Bayān
''Kitāb al-bayān al-mughrib fī ākhbār mulūk al-andalus wa'l-maghrib'' (''Book of the Amazing Story of the History of the Kings of al-Andalus and Maghreb'') by Ibn Idhari, Ibn Idhāri (var. Ibn Athari) of Marrakech in the Maghreb (n ...
'' (1897-1898). As regards content, it had the same agenda as ''al-Bayān''. The subtitle of the periodical underlines this aspiration: “maǧallat ʿilmīya adabīya ṣaḥīya ṣanāʿīya“ (“a scientific, literary, sanitary and industrial journal”). Alongside countless scientific and literary topics, articles on the development of newspapers in Egypt at that time are also to be found (cf. i. a. 1st year, 1st issue).
A complete and free available digital version of this journal can be found in the digital collections
References
Sources
* Dagmar Glaß. (2004). ''Der al-Muqtaṭaf und seine Öffentlichkeit. Aufklärung, Räsonnement und Meinungsstreit in der frühen arabischen Zeitschriftenkommunikation, Band I+II'', Würzburg, pp. 41f., 261, 429.
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