Al Siyasa

Al Siyasa (Arabic: The Politics) was an Egyptian newspaper which was the official media outlet of the now-defunct Liberal Constitutional Party. The paper was in circulation from 1922 to 1951.

Al Siyasa
Owner(s)Liberal Constitutional Party
Founder(s)
Editor-in-chiefMohammed Hussein Heikal
FoundedOctober 1922
LanguageArabic
Ceased publication1951
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt

History and profile

Al Siyasa was launched in 1922 shortly after the establishment of the Liberal Constitutional Party.[1] The first issue appeared in October that year.[2] The founders were Mohammed Hussein Heikal and Mahmoud Abdul Raziq.[3] The former also edited Al Siyasa.[4][5] Major contributors included Taha Hussein, Salama Moussa, Ali Mahmoud Taha, Ibrahim Nagi, Ibrahim Al Mazini and Mustafa Abdul Raziq.[3]

Following its start Al Siyasa supported the religious freedom and secular thought.[1] During the 1920s the paper was particularly influential and the primary supporter of the reforms introduced in Turkey following the establishment of the new republican system.[1] At the same time it advocated Egyptian nationalism through the articles of Mohammed Hussein Heikal which supported close economic and cultural relationships between Egypt and the countries of the Arab East.[6]

Al Siyasa was one of the four publications which was read by the Egyptian women partly due to the fact that it featured a weekly women's page entitled Sahifat al Sayyida.[7] The page was started on 17 November 1922.[7] The other Cairo-based newspapers which also featured similar pages were Le Réveil, La Patrie and L'Information.[7]

However, the political stance of Al Siyasa explicitly changed, and it became a fierce critic of the foreign influence in Egypt.[8] In addition, the paper began to appeal to the beliefs of Muslims in the 1930s and claimed that the missionaries in the country were criminals.[4] It also attacked the Copts in the country.[9]

The major rival of Al Siyasa was Al Balagh, and the rivalry between them continued until 1951.[2] Both papers launched a weekly edition in 1926.[2] That of Al Siyasa was entitled Al Siyasa Al Usbuʿiyya which was started in March that year and existed until 1930.[2][10] Al Siyasa ceased publication in 1951.[3][11]

References
  1. Richard Hattemer (January 2000). "Ataturk and the reforms in Turkey as reflected in the Egyptian press". Journal of Islamic Studies. 11 (1): 23, 33. doi:10.1093/jis/11.1.21.
  2. Ami Ayalon (1995). The Press in the Arab Middle East: A History. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-19-535857-5.
  3. Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Egypt (4th ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-8108-8025-2.
  4. B. L. Carter (October 1984). "On Spreading the Gospel to Egyptians Sitting in Darkness: The Political Problem of Missionaries in Egypt in the 1930s". Middle Eastern Studies. 20–25 (4): 21. doi:10.1080/00263208408700597.
  5. Thomas Mayer (April 1984). "Egypt and the 1936 Arab Revolt in Palestine". Journal of Contemporary History. 19 (2): 276. doi:10.1177/002200948401900206. S2CID 161072118.
  6. Ralph M. Coury (1982). "Who "Invented" Egyptian Arab Nationalism? Part 2". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 14 (4): 460. doi:10.1017/S0020743800052168. JSTOR 162976.
  7. Rebecca Joubin (Fall 1996). "Creating the Modern Professional Housewife: Scientifically Based Advice Extended to Middle- and Upper-Class Egyptian Women, 1920s–1930s". The Arab Studies Journal. 4 (2): 20. JSTOR 27933699.
  8. "The Chargé in Egypt (Winship) to the Secretary of State". Cairo: Office of the Historian. 23 December 1927. Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1928, Volume II, Document 743
  9. B. L. Carter (2012). The Copts in Egyptian Politics (RLE Egypt). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-415-81124-8.
  10. Sabry Hafez (2000). "Literary Innovations: Schools and Journals". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 25. JSTOR 25802892.
  11. "Al Siyāsah". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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