''Al Balagh'' (Arabic:البلاغ; ''The Message'') is an Arabic language newspaper that has been in circulation since 1923 with some interruptions. The paper is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

History and profile

''Al Balagh'' was launched by Abdul Qadir Hamzah in Cairo in 1923. He started the paper shortly after the suspension of his previous publication, a newspaper entitled ''Al Ahali''. The first issue of ''Al Balagh'' appeared on 28 June 1923. The publisher is a company with the same name. Hamzah also served as the

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of the paper. Until 1937 the paper was close to the Wafd Party. In the early 1930s many well-known political figures published articles in ''Al Balagh'' such as Abdul Rahman Azzam, Ibrahim Al Mazini and Zaki Mubarak. These articles were mainly about the collaboration between Egypt and other Arab countries and about the ingredients, i.e. Egyptianness and Arabness, of the Egyptian nationalism. Abdul Qadir Hamzah also published articles on these topics in the paper. During the Arab revolt in

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in 1936 ''Al Balagh'' was among the Egyptian media outlets which frequently published reports of attacks by British soldiers and

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radicals to the

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in Palestine. These publications, namely ''

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'', ''Al Jihad'', ''Kawkab'' and ''Al Sharq'', contained news about the

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to revive the Israelite kingdom and to restore the

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on the ruins of Al Aqsa mosque. The major rival of ''Al Balagh'' was ''

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'' which was the media outlet of the Liberal Constitutional Party, and the rivalry between them continued until 1951 when the latter ceased publication. Both papers launched a weekly edition in 1926. That of ''Al Balagh'' was entitled '' Al Balagh Al Usbuʿi'' which was started in November that year.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balagh 1923 establishments in Egypt Arabic-language newspapers Censorship in Egypt Daily newspapers published in Egypt Newspapers established in 1923 Newspapers published in Cairo