Al Tariq (magazine)

Al Tariq was founded by Raif Khoury with the assistance of other members of the League Against Nazism and Fascism in Syria and Lebanon in 1941.[1] The group included leftist figures such as Antun Thabit, Umar Fakhuri, Yusuf Ibrahim Yazbek and Kamil Ayyad.[1] Antun Thabit was the owner of Al Tariq.[2] The first issue of the magazine appeared on 20 December 1941.[3][4] Al Tariq was headquartered in Beirut and came out bimonthly.[3][2] The editorial board of the magazine consisted of Umar Fakhuri, Antun Thabit, Raif Khoury and Yusuf Yazbek.[3] In 1943 Kamil Ayyad joined the editorial board.[3] The editor-in-chief of the magazine was Qadri Al Qalaji.[3][4]

Al Tariq aimed at informing the masses about the ideological context of ongoing World War II.[5] Over time it became a forum not only for leftist authors, but also for those from other intellectual and political backgrounds.[1] The magazine paid a special attention to the Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian poet and social activist Rabindranath Tagore.[3] In first issue Al Tariq featured quotes from Tagore.[3] In the following issues Nehru was praised in the editorials of the magazine.[1] Following the end of World War II the magazine became an organ of the Partisans of Peace group.[4] One of the contributors was Husayn Muruwwa.[6] It folded in 1945.[2]