Al-Malayin

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Al Malayin
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Ahmad Sadiq Azzam
Editor-in-chiefAhmad Sadiq Azzam
FoundedMay 1951
LanguageArabic
Ceased publicationDecember 1951
HeadquartersCairo

Al-Malayin (Arabic: الملايين, 'The Millions') was a weekly newspaper published from Cairo, Egypt.

History and profile[edit]

Al-Malayin was published from May to December 1951.[1] It was unofficially linked to the communist Democratic Movement for National Liberation (HADITU).[1] The launch of al-Malayin followed the closure of the pro-HADITU weekly al-Bashir in December 1950.[1] Al-Bashir and al-Malayin gained importance in the national movement in Egypt at the time.[2] Following the ban on al-Bashir, al-Malayin was a key channel for legal propaganda of the party.[3]

The owner and editor-in-chief of al-Malayin was Ahmad Sadiq Azzam. Prominent contributors to the newspaper included Yusuf Hilmu, Abd al-Murni as-Said, Rashid al-Barawi, Enayet al-Halim and Ibrahim Abd al-Halim.[4]

Al-Malayin advocated armed struggle against British rule in Egypt, and appealed to a united front of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Socialist Party, nationalists, Wafdist, workers and student movements to rally against Anglo-American imperialism.[5] Al-Malayin was the first Egyptian communist newspaper which dedicated space for issues such as culture and sports.[6] Its issues carried articles about the labourers, peasantry, women, art, theatre, literature and international issues.[4] The newspaper dedicated relatively little attention to the Arab-Israeli conflict.[7] In its comments to developments following the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, al-Malayin voiced criticism against treatments of the Jewish communities by governments in the Arab world.[8]

Al-Malayin was closed down by the Egyptian government in December 1951.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Joel Beinin; Zachary Lockman (1 January 1998). Workers on the Nile: Nationalism, Communism, Islam, and the Egyptian Working Class, 1882–1954. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 398. ISBN 978-977-424-482-7.
  2. ^ Tareq Y. Ismael; Rifʻat Saʻīd (1990). The Communist Movement in Egypt, 1920–1988. Syracuse University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8156-2497-4.
  3. ^ Selma Botman (1988). The Rise of Egyptian Communism, 1939–1970. Syracuse University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8156-2443-1.
  4. ^ a b Selma Botman (1988). The Rise of Egyptian Communism, 1939–1970. Syracuse University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-8156-2443-1.
  5. ^ Selma Botman (1988). The Rise of Egyptian Communism, 1939–1970. Syracuse University Press. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0-8156-2443-1.
  6. ^ Rifʻat Saʻīd (1987). تاريخ الحركة الشيوعية المصرية. د.ن.،.
  7. ^ Joel Beinin (1990). Was the Red Flag Flying There?: Marxist Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Egypt and Israel, 1948–1965. I.B.Tauris. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-85043-292-0.
  8. ^ Tareq Y. Ismael; Rifʻat Saʻīd (1990). The Communist Movement in Egypt, 1920–1988. Syracuse University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8156-2497-4.
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