El_Horria_-_La_Liberté

<i>El Horria - La Liberté</i>

El Horria - La Liberté

Judeo-Moroccan newspaper


El Horria⁩ (Judeo-Moroccan Arabic: אלחוררייא, transl."Freedom"⁩⁩) or La Liberté was a Judeo-Moroccan newspaper published by Salomon Benaioun in two versions: one in Judeo-Moroccan Arabic and one in French.[1][2][3][4][5]

Quick Facts

History

The Arabic version, El Horria, was published first published in 1914.[6] The first issue of the French version, La Liberté, was published June 18, 1915, with the 51st issue of El Horria.[6]

Funding

The newspaper had financial difficulties, and was sustained through a combination of personal investments from Benaioun, subscription fees, advertising revenue, and clandestine sponsorship from the French government, which saw the newspaper's pro-French editorial line as a useful tool of propaganda.[6] The colonial government paid 1,600 francs annually until 1918, after which it paid 2,000 francs annually until 1924 when the Statute of Tangier rendered the propaganda unnecessary.[6]

Digitization

It was scanned and digitized in the Historical Jewish Press project.[7]


References

  1. "⁨⁨El Horria⁩ - ⁨אלחוררייא⁩⁩ | Newspapers | The National Library of Israel". www.nli.org.il. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  2. Baida, Jamaa (2010-10-01). "Benaioun (Ben Ayoun), Salomon". Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World.
  3. Cohen, Pierre (2007). La presse juive éditée au Maroc : 1870-1963. Editions & Impressions Bouregreg. ISBN 978-9954-470-45-9. OCLC 494271917.

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