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The Press in the Arab Middle East: explores the press as a Middle Eastern institution during its formative century before World War II and the circumstances that shaped its growth, tracing its impact, in turn, on local historical developments.
Selected list of journals and newspapers, arranged chronologically by date of publication.
| 1828 | Al-Waka'eh al-Masriya | The first & official Egyptian Arabic newspaper. | ||
| 1858 | Hadikat al-Akhbar - حديقة الاخبار | Founded in Beirut by Khalil al-Khoury. | ||
| 1860 | Nafir Suriyah - نفير سوريا | Founded by Butros al-Bustany. | ||
| 1861 | Al-Jawaib - الجوائب | Founded by Ahmad Fares al-Shidyaq. | ||
| 1870 | Al-Bashir - البشير | Founded in Beirut by the Jesuits. | ||
| 1870 | Al-Jinān - الجنان | Bimonthly magazine, founded in Beirut by Butrus al-Bustani. (index) | ||
| 1875 | Al-Ahram - الاهرام | Founded in Cairo by Lebanese brothers Bishara and Salim Takla. | ||
| 1875 | Thamarat Al Funun-ثمرات الفنون | Founded in Beirut by Abdel Kader Kabani. | ||
| 1876 | Al-Muktataf - المقتطف | Scientific journal, founded in Beirut by Yakoub Sarrouf and Fares Nemr. | ||
| 1877 | Lissan al-Hal - لسان الحال | Established in Beirut by Khalil Sarkis. Still published in Lebanon. | ||
| 1880 | Al-Misbah - المصباح | Political, scientific and literary newspaper, founded by Nicolas Naccach. | ||
| 1881 | Al-Taqaddum - التقدم | Founded in Beirut by Youssef al-Chalfoun, Adeeb Ishak & Youssef Debs. | ||
| 1883 | Al-Hadyah - الهدية | Bimonthly magazine, founded in Beirut by Jamiyat al-Talim al-Masri. | ||
| 1884 | Al-Tabib - الطبيب | Founded in Beirut by Ibrahim al-Yaziji, Bichara Zalzal and Khalil Saadeh. | ||
| 1886 | Assafa - الصفا | Founded in Alley (Oubey) by Ali Nasreddine. | ||
| 1888 | Al-Mukattam - المقطم | Founded in Cairo by Lebanese Yaakoub Sarrouf and Fares Nemr. | ||
| 1891 | Lubnan - لبنان | Political newspaper, founded in Beirut (Baabda) by Ibrahim Aswad. | ||
| 1892 | Al Hilal - الهلال | Founded in Cairo by Gergi Zeidan. | ||
| 1897 | Al-Manar - المنار | Literary and scientific newspaper, founded in Beirut by Mohammad Rashid Rida. | ||
| 1898 | Al-Machriq - المشرق | A catholic magazine, founded in Beirut by father Louis Cheikho. | ||
| 1899 | Al-Mahabba - المحبة | Published in Beirut by Jamiyat al-Talim al-Masihi al-Urthudhuksiyah. | ||
| 1908 | Al-Barq - البرق | Literary newspaper, founded in Beirut by Bechara el-Khoury. | ||
| 1909 | Al-Irfan - العرفان | Political and cultural magazine, founded in Saida by Ahmad al-Zein. | ||
| 1911 | Al-Balagh - البلاغ | Founded in Beirut by Mohammad al-Baker and Nassouh Bekdash. | ||
| 1911 | Al-Hawadeth - الحوادث | Political Journal, founded in Tripoli (Lebanon) by Lutfallah al-Khalat. | ||
| 1914 | Fetat Lubnan - فتاة لبنان | Literary & scientific magazine founded in Beirut by Suleima Abi-Rashed. |
دليل اوائل المطبوعات العربية في العالم حتى نهاية القرن التاسع عشر
تاريخ مطبعة بولاق، ولمحة في تاريخ الطباعة في بلدان الشرق الاوسط
مطبعة الجوائب: نشأتها, تاريخها، مطبوعاتها
الكتاب العربي المطبوع : من الجذور إلى مطبعة بولاق / تأليف د. خالد عزب، أحمد منصور.
المطبعة الأميركانية: العيد المئوي لنقل المطبعة الأميركانية الى بيروت، 8 أيار سنة 1834-8 أيار 1934
