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publication proclaimed by the Ottoman Constitutional Revolution of 1908, with its
promises for freedom of the press and assembly, including the rights of citizens and
the formation of political parties. Hanania established a press that became a beacon
for an Arabic literary renaissance in that period.
Paradoxically, the coming of WWI and the military regime of Ahmad Jamal Pasha
ushered a return to press censorship, and ultimately the closure of the three pioneering
papers–Falastin, al-Karmil, and (not least) al-Quds. Jurgi Habib Hanania went
into exile in Egypt and was never able to resume publication. But his work laid the
foundations for an independent and combative press that had to face the tribulations
of the Mandate period. JQ was fortunate enough to have Hanania’s granddaughter
contribute this personal history of the man, his press, and his newspaper using unique
family papers that have hitherto been unknown.
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