⁨⁨Al-Difa' (Originally: Ad-Difaa)⁩ - ⁨الدفاع⁩⁩

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
⁨1⁩ Monday, 1 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨2⁩ Tuesday, 2 December 1947
⁨3⁩ Wednesday, 3 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨4⁩ Thursday, 4 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨5⁩ Friday, 5 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨6⁩ Saturday, 6 December 1947
⁨7⁩ Sunday, 7 December 1947
⁨8⁩ Monday, 8 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨9⁩ Tuesday, 9 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨10⁩ Wednesday, 10 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨11⁩ Thursday, 11 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨12⁩ Friday, 12 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨13⁩ Saturday, 13 December 1947
⁨14⁩ Sunday, 14 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨15⁩ Monday, 15 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨16⁩ Tuesday, 16 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨17⁩ Wednesday, 17 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨18⁩ Thursday, 18 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨19⁩ Friday, 19 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨20⁩ Saturday, 20 December 1947
⁨21⁩ Sunday, 21 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨22⁩ Monday, 22 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨23⁩ Tuesday, 23 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨24⁩ Wednesday, 24 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨25⁩ Thursday, 25 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨26⁩ Friday, 26 December 1947
⁨27⁩ Saturday, 27 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨28⁩ Sunday, 28 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨29⁩ Monday, 29 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨30⁩ Tuesday, 30 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
⁨31⁩ Wednesday, 31 December 1947
⁨1⁩ issue
Searching...

About this newspaper

Title: ⁨⁨Al-Difa' (Originally: Ad-Difaa)⁩ - ⁨الدفاع⁩⁩
Available online: 20 April 1934 - 29 December 1948 (3,874 issues; 20,508 pages)
Language: ⁨Arabic⁩
Region: ⁨The Middle East⁩
Country: ⁨Mandatory Palestine⁩
City: ⁨Jaffa⁩
Collection: ⁨Jrayed - Arabic Newspaper Archive of Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine⁩
Frequency: ⁨Daily⁩
Description:
In 1934, three journalists left the newspaper al-Jami'a al-Islamiyya and founded a new paper called al-Difa' (The Defense). The three founders were Ibrahim al-Shanti (Jaffa, 1910-1979), Sami al-Siraj (Homs, Syria, 1893-1960), and Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli (Beirut, 1893-1976), with al-Shanti as the owner. Alongside Filastin, al-Difa' was considered the most important Arab-language newspaper in the Mandate period. In a relatively short span of time, the newspaper managed to reach a wider readership than the older Filastin. Furthermore, al-Difa' was able to attract a number of senior journalists (such as Mahmoud Abu al-Zalaf, Mahmoud Ya'ish, Ahmad Khalil al-'Aqad, and others) who wrote about internal Palestinian politics, pan-Arabic politics, and pan-Islamic politics, as well as diverse social issues. During the fighting in 1948, Ibrahim al-Shanti moved to Cairo and continued to publish the newspaper from there for a year. In 1950, the newspaper started to be published in Jerusalem, after al-Shanti transferred ownership of the paper to his brother Sadiq al-Shanti. While the rival newspaper Filastin was considered in the eyes of many to be identified with the camp that opposed the Palestinian leadership and was more supportive of pan-Arabism, al-Difa' was closer to the camp of Haj Amin al-Husseini, supported the Palestinian struggle against the Mandate, and opposed the Zionist movement. The newspaper originally came out twice a week but quickly became a daily. On the occasions when the newspaper was closed down by Mandatory order due to op-eds or commentaries, the editors would publish an alternative newspaper under the name Al-Hayat (between the years 1937-1939); and on other occasions under the names Al-Fajr or Al-Jihad.
[ + Show More ]