Al-Mawāhib/Los Dones (1945-1960). The Unofficial Embassy of the Arab-ʿAlawī Community in Argentina
This article analyses the first years of the cultural journal al-Mawāhib/Los Dones (Talents, Tucumán 1945-1960), one of the first periodicals published in the Latin American diaspora by an ʿAlawī editor, Yūsuf al-Ṣārmī (d. 1986). Conceptualizing periodicals as tools of community formation that are d...
| Nebentitel: | Printing Communities on the Islamicate Periphery |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Veröffentlicht: |
2025
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| In: |
Oriente moderno
Jahr: 2025, Band: 105, Heft: 1/2, Seiten: 150-182 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
translocality
B Arab diasporas B Periodical Studies B Latin America B community formation B ʿAlawīs |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article analyses the first years of the cultural journal al-Mawāhib/Los Dones (Talents, Tucumán 1945-1960), one of the first periodicals published in the Latin American diaspora by an ʿAlawī editor, Yūsuf al-Ṣārmī (d. 1986). Conceptualizing periodicals as tools of community formation that are deeply embedded in social practices and networks, this article argues that al-Mawāhib formed three overlapping but distinct communities: it acted as a material link between ʿAlawīs in Syria and in the diaspora, presented itself as the unofficial embassy of a pan-Arab network of intellectuals, and referred to Arab heritage to evoke an all-encompassing Arab umma. The article thus demonstrates how a journal that had emerged from a minoritarian reform network contributed to shaping pan-Arab reform discourses and endeavours and could indeed act as an "unofficial embassy". In doing so, the case study challenges simplified centre-periphery dichotomies, highlights the translocal nature of Arab print-networks, and showcases the significant role a seemingly peripheral medium could play in the Islamicate world in the mid-20th century. |
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| ISSN: | 2213-8617 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Oriente moderno
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22138617-12340361 |
