Al-Fitra Newspapers, الفطرة 1925-1927

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1 reel (1 microfilm reel)
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NS 0023
Access to materials

This collection is made up of digitized materials and is open for research. The digital material in this collection is provided on the Khayrallah Center’s Arabic Newspaper Database for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. For any questions regarding the materials, please contact the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu.

Biographical/historical note

Al Fitra [ Natural Instinct ] was a newspaper published by Muhmoud Mohammad Saloum in September 03, 1921 from its headquarters at Costa Rica st. 4999 in Buenos Aires in Argentina. Mahmoud Muhammad Saloum was a Syrian immigrant born in Tartus, the village of Al-Qusayyah, at a time where immigrants carried the homeland in their heart with hope, unswayed by the West.

Al Fitra was established as a social weekly newspaper, its message circulates around following Natural Instinct and guiding modern civilization toward unity. Al Fitra can also be known as “La Natura” and “Al Fitra al Muhajariyya”. Al Fitra emerged during a time when Arabic language newspapers were thriving in Latin America among the immigrant communities. Its pages covered diverse subjects relevant to the Syrian-Lebanese diaspora, such as the Arab revolution, colonial matters, intellectual debates, and broader scholarly discussions along with poetry and literature.

Reference

Thawra. (n.d.). Al-Fitra newspaper and its role in the Syrian diaspora in Argentina. Retrieved September 17, 2025, from https://thawra.sy/?p=603531

Scope/content

Al Fitra newspaper collection contains digitized newspapers from 1925 to 1927.The paper offers insights into the Syrian-Lebanese community in Latin America, specifically Argentina. The collection includes Volume 4 (Issues 1-52), Volume 5 (Issues 1-25), and one special volume all stored on a microfilm reel.

The newspaper was founded by Mahmoud Muhammad Saloum, an immigrant from Tartus, Syria. Al Fitra offices were located at Costa Rica St. 4999, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was published entirely in Arabic with some Spanish advertisements.

Its diverse topics are mostly about colonization, war stories, The Arab Revolution, occupation, along with literature, poetry and scholarly articles. The collection also provides significant records of how immigrants kept their connection to their homeland while engaging in the social and economic life of Argentina.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically

Use of these materials

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Al-Fitra Newspapers, الفطرة, NS 0023, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Source of acquisition

Gift of Stephen Hyland 2024

Processing information

Processed by Katelyn Cuomo, Najma Mohammud, 2025 Fall. Finding aid created and updated by Rama Khalifeh 2025 October.

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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 1 1925 July 22 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 2 1925 July 29 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 3 1925 August 05 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 5 1925 August 19 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 6 1925 August 26 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 7 1925 September 02 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 8 1925 September 09 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 9 1925 September 16 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 10 1925 September 23 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 12 1925 October 07 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 13 1925 October 14 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 14 1925 October 21 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature,الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 15 1925 October 28 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 16 1925 November 04 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 17 1925 November 11 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 18 1925 November 18 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 19 1925 November 25 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 20 1925 December 02 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 21 1925 December 09 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 22 1925 December 16 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 23 1925 December 23 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 24 1925 December 30 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 25 1926 January 05 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 26 1926 January 13 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 28 1926 January 27 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 29 1926 February 03 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 30 1926 February 10 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 31 1926 February 17 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 33 1926 March 03 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 34 1926 March 10 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 35 1926 March 17 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 36 1926 March 24 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 37 1926 March 31 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 38 1926 April 07 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 39 1926 April 14 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 40 1926 April 21 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 41 1926 April 28 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 42 1926 May 03 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 43 1926 May 12 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 44 1926 May 19 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 45 1926 May 26 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 46 1926 June 02 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 47 1926 June 09 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 48 1926 June 16 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 49 1926 June 23 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 50 1926 June 30 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 51 1926 July 07 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 04, Issue 52 1926 July 14 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 1 1926 July 21 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 2 1926 July 28 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 3 1926 August 04 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 4 1926 August 11 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 5 1926 August 18 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 6 1926 August 25 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 8 1926 September 08 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 9 1926 September 15 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 10 1926 September 22 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 11 1926 September 29 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 12 1926 October 06 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 13 1926 October 13 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 14 1926 October 20 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 15 1926 October 27 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 16 1926 November 03 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 18 1926 November 17 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 19 1926 November 24 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 20 1926 December 01 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 21 1926 December 08 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 22 1926 December 15 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 23 1926 December 22 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 05, Issue 25 1927 January 05 (Accession 2025.003)
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Al-Fitra [The Nature, الفطرة] Volume 00, Issue 0 1927 (Accession 2025.003)
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Access to the collection

This collection is made up of digitized materials and is open for research. The digital material in this collection is provided on the Khayrallah Center’s Arabic Newspaper Database for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. For any questions regarding the materials, please contact the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Al-Fitra Newspapers, الفطرة, NS 0023, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Use of these materials

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.