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Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
the first
Arabic
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journal was an annual review, ''Majmu fawaid li nukhbat afadil'' which was first published in 1851. The first political, literary, and scientific magazine, the first children's magazine, and the
women's magazine
This is a list of women's magazines from around the world. These are magazines that have been published primarily for a readership of women.
Currently published
*'' 10 Magazine'' (UK - distributed worldwide)
*'' Al Jamila'' (Saudi Arabia)
*''All ...
in the country were established in the period between 1870 and 1896.
These were also the first specialized publications in the
Arab world
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.
[ In 1927 there were 121 magazines in Lebanon. The Lebanese magazines reinforced the improvement and modernization of ]Arabic literature
Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...
and liberal thought in the first half of the 20th-century.[
As of 2012, there were Arabic language, ]English language
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and French language
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magazines in the country. In 2015 there were 192 political magazines in Lebanon which were 16% of the magazines published the Middle East and North Africa
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. There are also editions of international magazines, including ''Marie Claire
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'', in Lebanon.[
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Lebanon.
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* '' Abaad''
* '' Achabaka''
* ''Al Adab
''Al Adab'' (Arabic: مجلة الأداب; ''Majalla al ʾādāb''; "literary magazine") was an Arabic avant-garde existentialist literary print magazine published in Beirut, Lebanon, in the period 1953–2012. It was restarted in 2015 as an onl ...
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* ''Al Arab
''Al Arab'' (Arabic: العرب; ''The Arabs'') was the first Arabic daily following the independence of Qatar. It was printed between 1972 and 1995 and was relaunched on 18 November 2007 as an e-newspaper which is based in Doha, Qatar.
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* ''Assayad
''Assayad'' (Arabic: ''Hunter'') was a weekly news magazine published in Lebanon between 1943 and 2018. It was the first pan-Arab magazine in the country. Its headquarters was in Beirut.
History and profile
''Assayad'' was launched by Dar Assaya ...
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* '' At-Tabib''
B
* '' Al Bashir''
* '' Al Bayan''
* '' Al Bia wal Tanmia''
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* ''Le Commerce du Levant
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* ''Executive
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Role or title
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** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators
** Executive dir ...
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* ''Al-Hadaf
''Al-Hadaf'' ('' ar, الهدف''), ('' en, The Target'') is a Palestinian weekly political and cultural magazine published in Lebanon.
History and profile
''Al Hadaf'' was founded in Beirut in 1969 by Ghassan Kanafani as the political mouthpiec ...
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* ''Al Hadatha
''Al Hadatha'' (Arabic: مجلة الحداثة) is a refereed academic cultural quarterly magazine that has been published in Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or ...
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* '' Hask''
* ''Al Hasnaa
''Al Hasnaa'' (Arabic: ''Belle'') is an Arabic language women's magazine based in Beirut, Lebanon. The magazine has been in circulation since 1909.
History and profile
''Al Hasnaa'' was launched by Georges Nicholas Baz in 1909. Baz was also the ...
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* ''Al Hawadeth
''Al Hawadeth'' (Arabic: الحوادث; ''The Events'') was a weekly news magazine which was published in Beirut, Lebanon, in the period 1911–2014 with some interruptions. The magazine is known for its publishers and editors: Salim Lawzi who w ...
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* '' Al Hiwar''
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* ''Al Iktissad Wal Aamal
AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media
* Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera
* Al (''Fullmetal ...
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* ''Al-Irfan (magazine)
The Arabic Shiite reform journal ''al-Irfan'' (Arabic: العرفان; DMG: al-ʿIrfān; "Knowledge") was founded in Beirut by Aḥmad ʿĀrif az-Zain (1883-1960) in 1909. From 1910 the publication was transferred to a special printing house in ...
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* ''Al Jaras
AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media
* Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera
* Al (''Fullmetal ...
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* '' Jasad''
*'' Al Jinan''
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* '' Lebanon Opportunities''
* '' Lotus''
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* ''Al-Machriq
''Al-Machriq'' (Arabic: ''The East'') was a journal founded in 1898 by Jesuit and Chaldean priest Louis Cheikhô, published by Jesuit fathers of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. The subtitle was ''Revue Catholique Orientale. Scienc ...
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* ''Magazine le mensuel
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* '' Al Marad''
* '' Massis''
* ''Al Mawed
AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media
* Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera
* Al (''Fullmetal ...
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* '' Al Mughtareb''
* '' Al Muqtataf''
N
* '' Nadine''
* '' Al Nahla''
* ''Nayiri
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* '' An-Nibras''
P
* ''Pakin
''Pakin'' (or francicized ''Pakine'') (in Armenian Բագին meaning altar in Armenian, full name at establishment Բագին, Ամսագիր Գրականութեան եւ Արուեստի, i.e. ''Pakin, Amsakir Kraganutyan yev Arvesdi'', meaning ...
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* ''Prestige
Prestige refers to a good reputation or high esteem; in earlier usage, ''prestige'' meant "showiness". (19th c.)
Prestige may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Films
* ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnet ...
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R
* ''Real
Real may refer to:
Currencies
* Brazilian real (R$)
* Central American Republic real
* Mexican real
* Portuguese real
* Spanish real
* Spanish colonial real
Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...
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* '' La Revue Phénicienne''
S
* '' Sawt al-Mahrumin''
* ''Shi'r
''Shi'r'' (Arabic: مجلة شعر; ''Poetry'') was an avant-garde and modernist monthly literary magazine with a special reference to poetry. The magazine was published in Beirut, Lebanon, between 1957 and 1970 with a three-year interruption. Th ...
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* ''Ash-Shiraa
''Ash-Shiraa'' (or ''Al-Shiraa'') (Arabic: الشراع, ''The Sail'' in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon. The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
''Ash-Shira'' was launched i ...
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* '' Shirak''
* ''Snob
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* '']Sowar
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T
* '' Al Tariq''
* '' Today's Outlook''
See also
* List of newspapers in Lebanon
''Hadiqat Al Akhbar'' (''The News Garden'' in English) is the first daily newspaper of Lebanon which was launched in 1858. From 1858 to 1958 there were nearly 200 newspapers in the country. Prior to 1963 the number of newspapers was more than 400 ...
References
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Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
Magazines
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