Al-Jinan (Arabic: الجنان, romanized: al-jinān; "The Gardens") was an Arabic-language political and literary bi-weekly magazine established in Beirut by Butrus al-Bustani and active between 1870 and 1886.^[1][2] Its first issue appeared in January 1870.^[3] Written largely by Butrus' son Salim who became its editor-in-chief in 1871,^[3] the magazine finally ceased to appear because of the growing difficulties of writing freely under the rule of Abdülhamid.^[4]

Al-Jinan had a pan-Arab political stance.^[5] It was the first important example of the kind of literary and scientific periodicals which began to appear in the 1870s in Arabic alongside the independent political newspapers.^[4] The magazine was also one of the earliest Arabic magazines which covered narrative fiction such as novels, novellas and short stories.^[3][5] One of the novels serialized in the magazine was Salim Butrus's historical novel Al Hayam fi Futuh al Sham (1884; Arabic: Passion during the Conquests of Syria) which is about the conquest of Syria by Muslims in the 7^th century.^[6]

Al-Jinan was issued by subscription only, and was not sold in bookstores.^[3] In the initial phase the readers sent their subscriptions by post to Beirut.^[3] Following its success local agents were employed to collect subscriptions in the cities, including Baghdad, Basra, Cairo, Alexandria, Aleppo, Assiut, Casablanca, Tangier, London, Paris and Berlin.^[3] Three years after its start Al-Jinan had nearly 1500 subscribers.^[5] The readers of the magazine included the leading Muslim merchant families in Beirut.^[5] It also had readers in Palestine.^[2]

The issues of Al-Jinan are archived at Al Aqsa Mosque Library in Jerusalem.^[7]