Lughat Al Arab

Lughat Al Arab (لغة العرب) was a monthly linguistic and history magazine which was published in Baghdad between 1911 and 1931 with a twelve-year interruption.

History and profile
Lughat Al Arab was launched by the Carmelite Father Anastas Al Karmali in Baghdad in 1911. It was published in Baghdad on a monthly basis. The magazine featured articles on language, history, literature and science. In the first issue the goal of Lughat Al Arab was stated as follows: "to serve the homeland, knowledge, and literature, familiarising Iraq and its people with the neighbouring countries and the writings of Western scholars, and giving Iraq a recognised place among civilised nations."

Al Karmali edited the magazine. The last issue appeared in June 1914. Al Karmali was sent to exile in Anatolia in 1916, and following his return to Baghdad Lughat Al Arab was restarted in 1926. The magazine permanently folded in 1931. In this second period Kazim Al Dujayli and Iraqi linguist and historian Muhammad Bahjat Athari were among the contributors of Lughat Al Arab.

Each issue of Lughat Al Arab published during its first phase was archived under the OpenArabicPE’s Corpus.