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{{For|the [[West Bank]] town of the same name|Al-Karmil}}
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'''''Al-Karmil''''' or '''''El-Carmel''''' ({{lang-ar|الكرمل}})
The owner, editor and key writer for the newspaper was [[Najib Nassar]],<ref>Fleischmann, 2003, p. 273, note 107.</ref> a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[Arab Christian]] and staunch [[anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]], whose editorials warning of the dangers posed by Zionism to the [[Palestinian people]] were often reprinted in other [[
Beginning in the 1920s, Najib's wife, [[Sadhij Bahaa Nassar|Sadhij Nassar]] (c.1900 – c.1970) was also a key editor, administrator and journalist for the newspaper. Besides writing, she also translated articles from the foreign press, and was editor from 1941 to 1944, when the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] authorities refused to grant her a permit.
After the demise of the Ottoman empire in the wake of [[World War I]], Al-Karmil continued to be published during [[British Mandate Palestine|British Mandatory rule]] in Palestine well into the 1940s.<ref name=Fawazp107>Fawaz et al., 2002, p. 107.</ref> ▼
▲After the demise of the Ottoman empire in the wake of
==Editorial policies==
===Anti-Zionism===
Writing of ''Al-Karmil'' and another early Arab Palestinian newspaper, ''[[Filastin (newspaper)|Filastin]]'', [[Rashid Khalidi]] characterizes them as "instrumental in shaping early [[Palestinian nationalism|Palestinian national consciousness]] and in stirring opposition to Zionism."<ref name=Khalidip217n31>Khalidi, 1997, p. 217, n. 31.</ref> Khalidi contends that almost immediately after the publication of its first issue in December 1908, ''al-Karmil'' "became the primary vehicle of an extensive campaign against Zionist settlement in
Najib Nassar, owner, editor and journalist for the paper, not only printed news items and editorials concerning Zionism and its aims, but also re-published articles on Zionism from other Arabic newspapers based in [[Cairo]], [[Beirut]] and [[Damascus]], such as ''al-Muqattam'', ''[[al-Ahram]]'', ''al-Mufid'', ''al-Ittihad al-'Uthmani'',
At the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in 1914, Najib Nassar spoke out against Turkish entry into the conflict and was put on a wanted list. Accused of spying for the British against Ottoman [[Turkey]] and its German allies, he fled from his home in [[Haifa]] to [[Nazareth]], and from there, wandered over the [[Galilee]] and the eastern bank of the [[Jordan River|River Jordan]]. He went on the run for three years, living with [[Bedouin]] goat herders in the hills of what is now the Israeli Galilee, West Bank and northern [[Jordan]], narrowly escaping capture.<ref>[[Raja Shehadeh|SHEHADEH, Raja.]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=FhhHotZsuoMC&q=A+Rift+in+Time ''A rift in time: travels with my Ottoman uncle'']. Profile Books, 256 pages, {{ISBN|978-1-84668-330-5}}</ref>
===Women's rights===
[[File:Karimah abboud in elcarmel newspaper 1924 عن كريمة عبود في صحيفة الكرمل.jpg|thumb|[[Karimeh Abbud]] advertising her photography business in Al-Karmil in 1924]]
In 1926, ''al-Karmil'' began publishing a "women's page"
▲==Relationship with the ruling authorities in Palestine==
===Ottoman rule===
In its early years, ''al-Karmil'
===British Mandate rule===
In the late 1930s, Sadhij Nassar was described by the British authorities as "a menace to public security" and a "prominent agitator".
== Ongoing Influence ==
In August 2020, [[The Palestinian Museum]] in [[Birzeit]], [[West Bank]] hosted 'theatrical narrative' based on Najib Nassar's life on its social media channels called ''Saheb Al-Karmil'' (in English: ''The Owner of Al-Karmil'').<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=films and performance {{!}} The Palestinian Museum |url=https://www.palmuseum.org/en/films-and-performance |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.palmuseum.org |language=en}}</ref> The piece was performed by four actors: Amer Hlehel, Ivan Azazian, Mohammad Basha and Khawla Ibrahim.<ref name=":0" /> As a result of the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the play was adapted to be performed in the Museum's 'Printed in Jerusalem' exhibition and filmed. The recording reached a global audience.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yusuf |first=Muhammad |date=1 January 2021 |title=Palestinian Museum ends year on a high despite pandemic |url=https://www.pressreader.com/bahrain/gulf-today/20210101/281844351255380?srsltid=AfmBOorYcDR_elZd0665Ef2UY7gW3ZCtrU3cZ4stKqjlxVv0GRiHARHv |work=[[Gulf Today]]}}</ref>
In 2022, ''[[Middle East Eye]]'' called the newspaper 'monumental' and argued that it 'contributed widely to the shaping of Palestinian national consciousness'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In pictures: Palestinian women and anti-colonial resistance in the 1930s |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-women-anti-colonial-resistance-pictures |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links==
[[Category:Arabic newspapers]]▼
* [https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/elcarmel Al-Karmil on Jrayed – Arabic Newspaper Archive of Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine] by the National Library of Israel
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[[Category:Publications established in 1908]]▼
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