Al Qibla

Al Qibla
TypeOfficial newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)
PublisherWilāya Press
Editor-in-chief
Founded1916
LanguageArabic
Ceased publicationSeptember 1924
HeadquartersMecca
CountryKingdom of Hejaz

Al Qibla (Arabic: Direction of Mecca) was the official gazette of the Kingdom of Hejaz.[1] The paper was backed by the British. It was in circulation between 1916 and 1924 and headquartered in Mecca.[2] The paper was a four-page broadsheet and published twice a week, on Mondays and on Thursdays.[3]

The slogan of Al Qibla was the following verse taken from Quran:[4]

And We did not make the qibla which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from those who would turn on their heels.

  1. ^ Joshua Teitelbaum (2020). "Hashemites, Egyptians and Saudis: The tripartite struggle for the pilgrimage in the shadow of Ottoman defeat". Middle Eastern Studies. 56 (1): 43. doi:10.1080/00263206.2019.1650349. S2CID 202264793.
  2. ^ "Eight volumes of Al Qibla newspaper launched". The Jordan Times. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Al Qibla — The First Arab Hashemite Newspaper". Arab Revolt. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ Farah Al Sherif (10 January 2018). "Jerusalem: The Moral Qibla". The Maydan. Retrieved 28 June 2021.