Barid Al Sharq (Arabic: بـريـد الـشـرق, lit. 'Orient Post') was a propaganda newspaper published in Berlin in the period 1939–1944. It was distributed in the Arab world to improve the relations between Nazi Germany and Arabs.
| Publisher | |
|---|---|
| Editor | Kamal al Din al Galal |
| Founded | October 1939 |
| Political alignment | Nazism Antizionism |
| Language | Arabic |
| Ceased publication | 1944 |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Circulation | 5000 (as of 1943)[1] |
History and profile
editBarid Al Sharq was launched in October 1939.[2] The headquarters of the newspaper was in Berlin, and the founding publisher was the foreign language service of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft, Nazi broadcasting corporation.[2] From 1941 Barid Al Sharq was published directly by the Propaganda Ministry.[2] The paper was distributed to Arabs countries and European countries where Arab exiles lived.[2]
The editor of the paper was Kamal al Din al Galal who was working at the Islamic Culture Center in Berlin.[3] Shakib Arslan and Abdurreshid Ibrahim were among the contributors.[3] One of its goals was to promote Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, as the leader of Arabs, emphasizing the similarities between National Socialism and Islam.[1] It often published the speeches of Adolf Hitler and Amin al-Husseini and articles about the ideology of Nazism as well as about the colonial ambitions of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union over Arab countries.[1] In 1943 Barid Al Sharq had a circulation of nearly 5,000 copies.[2] It folded in 1944.[1]
The issues of Barid Al Sharq are archived by the German National Library in Leipzig and the Berlin State Library.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d René Wildangel (2012). "The Invention of "Islamofascism". Nazi Propaganda to the Arab World and Perceptions from Palestine". Die Welt des Islams. 52 (3/4): 532–534. doi:10.1163/15700607-20120A12.
- ^ a b c d e Peter Wien (2017). Arab Nationalism: The Politics of History and Culture in the Modern Middle East. London; New York: Routledge. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-315-41220-7.
- ^ a b David Motadel (2014). Islam and Nazi Germany's War. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 87–88. doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674736009. ISBN 9780674736009.
- ^ David Motadel (2019). "The Global Authoritarian Moment and the Revolt against Empire". The American Historical Review. 124 (3): 867, 871. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhy571.