Lughat Al Arab

Lughat Al Arab (Arabic: لغة العرب, 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.

Lughat Al Arab

Categories	Linguistic magazine History magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Founder	Anastas 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 Anastas 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

1. Till Grallert (2021). "Catch Me If You Can! Approaching the Arabic Press of the Late Ottoman Eastern Mediterranean through Digital History". Geschichte und Gesellschaft. 47 (1): 71, 73. doi:10.13109/gege.2021.47.1.58. S2CID 236295961.
2. Edmund A. Ghareeb (2004). Historical Dictionary of Iraq. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8108-6568-6.
3. Sabry Hafez (2000). "Literary Innovations: Schools and Journals". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 18: 24. JSTOR 25802892.
4. Hilary Kilpatrick (2021). "The Nahḍa, Iraqi Style: The Original Contribution of Father Anastās Mārī al-Kirmilī". Philological Encounters. 6 (3–4): 383–401. doi:10.1163/24519197-12340078.
5. Reidar Visser (2012). "Sectarian Coexistence in Iraq: The Experiences of Shi'a in Areas North of Baghdad". In Imranali Panjwani (ed.). The Shi'a of Samarra: The Heritage and Politics of a Community in Iraq. London; New York: I.B. Tauris. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-78672-982-8.
6. "Iraqi Periodicals at Penn". Penn Libraries. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
7. Wiebke Walther (July 1996). "From Women's Problems to Women as Images in Modern Iraqi Poetry". Die Welt des Islams. 36 (2): 220. doi:10.1163/1570060962597427.