Al-Hurriya (magazine)

The Arabic-language journal al-Ḥurrīya (Arabic: الحرىة; DMG: al-Ḥurrīya; English: "Freedom") was published in Baghdad in 1924 and 1925. The Christian Rafa'il Butti (1901-1956), an Iraqi intellectual and well-known journalist,^[1] edited one volume with a total of ten issues. The content focused on political and literary topics of the Arab world at that time.

al-Ḥurrīya

Editor	Rafa'il Butti
Categories	Literature, Politics
Founded	1924
Final issue	1925
Country	Iraq
Based in	Baghdad
Language	Arabic

In 1930 Butti published another magazine, al-Bilad. This supported the party of the National Brotherhood, which formed the opposition to the British influence. It was the first daily newspaper^[2] of that time and became one of the leading press mediums in Iraq.^[1] Butti's support of the opposition with the help of his publications resulted in the magazine's closure.^[3]

References

1. Dougherty, Beth K.; Ghareeb, Edmund A. (7 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Iraq (second ed.). Lanham, Toronto, Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0810868458.
2. Bashkin, Orit (1 November 2010). The Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq (first ed.). Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0804773669.
3. Tarbush, Mohammad A. (16 December 2016). The Role of the Military in Politics: A Case Study of Iraq to 1941 (1 ed.). London: Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 978-1138925908.

External links

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