Al-Ahrar al-Musawwara

The Arabic-language journal al-Ahrar al-Musawwara (Arabic: الأحرار المصورة; English: "The Illustrated Liberal Journal") claimed to be a literary, critical, humorous, and fictional journal published weekly in Beirut between 1926 and 1927.^[1] It was edited as a supplement to the daily newspaper Al Ahrar, published by the Lebanese journalist Gebran Tueni, who was also the founder of the journal an-Nahar.^[2]

al-Aḥrār al-Muṣawwara

Editor	Gibran Tueni
Categories	Literature, satire, fiction
Frequency	Weekly
Founded	1926
Final issue	1927
Country	Lebanon
Based in	Beirut
Language	Arabic
Website	https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5:1-292615

The publication period of the magazine were important and eventful years in the history of Lebanon, as the country was under French mandate and divided into various states at that time.^[3] Al-Ahrar al-Musawwara used humor and caricatures to portray Lebanon and its political communities during the French mandate.^[4]

See also

• List of magazines in Lebanon

References

1. "مجلة الأحرار الصورة 1926–1927م – جبران التويني". Retrieved 3 May 2021.
2. Amaya Martin Fernandez (2009). National, Linguistic, and Religious Identity of Lebanese Maronite Christians through Their Arabic Fictional Texts during the Period of the French Mandate in Lebanon. Washington DC. pp. 208, 253.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. Farès Sassine (12 May 2014). "Assassines: جبران تويني والأحرار المصوّرة (1926–1927))". Retrieved 3 May 2021.
4. "مجلة الأحرار الصورة 1926–1927م – جبران التويني". Retrieved 3 May 2021.