The Publicist and his Newspaper in Syria in the Era of the Young Turk Revolution, between Reformist Commitment and Political Pressures: Muhammad Kurd ‘Ali and al-Muqtabas (1908–17)

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Kitap

Yazar:

Kaïs Ezzerelli

Yayın yılı:

2018

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Edinburgh University Press

This chapter examines the career of Muhammad Kurd ‘Ali (1876–1953) and his daily newspaper <italic>al-Muqtabas</italic>, founded in Damascus in December 1908 following the Young Turk Revolution. Close to the Syrian reformists, who comprised his readers and editorial team, Kurd ‘Ali contrived to make <italic>al-Muqtabas</italic> one of the most widely read and influential Arabic dailies in the region. During World War I Kurd ‘Ali and his newspaper faced the dilemma: either to be condemned by or to participate in Ottoman propaganda. Based on a close reading of <italic>al-Muqtabas</italic>, public archives and contemporary testimonies related to this family enterprise, this chapter focuses on the relationships between Kurd ‘Ali and his newspaper, his readers and collaborators, as well as his ties with the political powers of that time.

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