Al-Quds (Ottoman period newspaper)
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 First issue of al-Quds newspaper on 5 September 1908 | |
| Owner(s) | Jurji Habib Hanania |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Jurji Habib Hanania |
| Publisher | Jurji Habib Hanania |
| Editor | Ali Rimawi |
| Founded | 18 September 1908 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Ceased publication | 1914 |
| Headquarters | Jerusalem |
| Country | Ottoman Empire |
| Circulation | 1,500 (as of 1908)[1] |
| Free online archives | Al-Quds archives |
Al-Quds (Arabic: القدس, lit. 'Jerusalem') was an Arabic language newspaper published in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire from 1908 until 1914.[2]
Al-Quds was the first privately owned Arabic-language Palestinian newspaper to have emerged following the 1908 Young Turk Revolution, which lifted press censorship in the empire.[3] It was published by Jurji Habib Hanania (1864-1920), who wrote in an editorial in the first issue of the newspaper on 18 September 1908 that he had applied several times for the permit to publish a newspaper since 1899 without success.[4]
The newspaper started with issues twice a week in four pages and printed in 1,500 copies.[1] Among the authors of the published articles were Khalil al-Sakakini, Isaaf Nashashibi, and Shaykh Ali Rimawi.[1] With the rule of Djemal Pasha, the governor of Syria, freedom of the press worsened and the newspaper was eventually discontinued.
