Al-Machriq

Not to be confused with the Iraqi newspaper Al-Mashriq.

Al-Machriq

Founder	Louis Cheikhô
Founded	1898
Final issue	1998
Country	Lebanon
Based in	Beirut
Language	Arabic

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.[1] The subtitle was Revue Catholique Orientale. Sciences, Lettres, Arts. Cheikho edited Al Bashir in addition to Al Machriq.[2] Al-Machriq played a significant role in reviving classical Arabic.[3] It extensively dealt with the rapport between the Maronites and the Marada, two Christian groups living in the region.[4] In the initial phase the magazine also featured literary work.[5] It had run through 72 volumes by 1998.

References

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2. Marwa Elshakry (2013). Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-2263-7873-2.
3. Aida Ali Najjar (1975). The Arabic Press and Nationalism in Palestine, 1920-1948 (PhD thesis). Syracuse University. p. 11. ISBN 9781083851468. ProQuest 288060869.
4. A. Kaufman (2001). "Pheonicianism: The Formation of an Identity in Lebanon of 1920". Middle Eastern Studies. 37 (1): 177. doi:10.1080/714004369. S2CID 145206887.
5. Ghenwa Hayek (2016). "Beirut". In Jeremy Tambling (ed.). The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and the City. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 587. doi:10.1057/978-1-137-54911-2_37. ISBN 978-1-137-54911-2.

Bibliography

• R.B. Campbell: The Arabic Journal `al-Machriq'... under the editorship of Père L. Cheikho, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972.