Lughat al-Arab
Monthly linguistic magazine in Baghdad (1911–1914) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lughat al-Arab (Arabic: لغة العرب ALA-LC: Lughat al-ʻArab, lit. 'The Language of the Arabs') was a monthly linguistic and history magazine which was published in Baghdad between 1911 and 1931 with a twelve-year interruption.
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Anastase-Marie al-Karmali |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Final issue | 1931 |
| Country | Iraq |
| Based in | Baghdad |
| Language | Arabic |
History and profile
Lughat al-Arab was launched by the Carmelite father Anastase-Marie al-Karmali in Baghdad in 1911.[1][2] It was published in Baghdad on a monthly basis.[1][3] The magazine featured articles on language, history, literature[2] and science.[4] In the first issue the goal of Lughat al-Arab was stated as follows:
to serve the homeland, knowledge, and literature, familiarising Iraq and its people with the neighbouring countries and the writings of Western scholars, and giving Iraq a recognised place among civilised nations.[4]
Al-Karmali edited the magazine.[5] The last issue appeared in June 1914.[1] Al-Karmali was sent to exile in Anatolia in 1916, and following his return to Baghdad Lughat al-Arab was restarted in 1926.[1] The magazine permanently folded in 1931.[6] In this second period Kazim al-Dujayli and Iraqi linguist and historian Muhammad Bahjat Athari were among the contributors of Lughat al-Arab.[5][7]
Each issue of Lughat al-Arab published during its first phase was archived under the OpenArabicPE's Corpus.[1]
References
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