L'Aurore (French for 'The Dawn'; IPA: [loʁɔʁ]) was a French language publication which was launched by a Thessaloniki-born Jewish journalist Lucien Sciuto in Istanbul in 1909 and published there until 1923. Sciutto restarted L'Aurore as weekly magazine in Cairo in 1924 which appeared until 1941.
| Categories | Political magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | Lucien Sciuto |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Final issue | 1941 |
| Country |
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| Based in | |
| Language | French |
History edit
L'Aurore was published first in Istanbul as a newspaper and then, in Cairo as a weekly magazine.[1] All issues of the publication were archived by the National Library of Israel.[2]
Istanbul (1909–1923) edit
L'Aurore was established by Lucien Sciuto as a newspaper in Istanbul in 1909 following the Young Turk Revolution.[2][3] He was a Jewish and Zionist activist from Thessaloniki.[4] The paper was edited by Lucien Sciuto[5] and was one of two leading Zionist publications in Istanbul.[6] The other one was Le Jeune Turc which was also published in French.[6] However, the circulation of Le Jeune Turc was much higher than that of L'Aurore, 15,000 copies and 1,500 copies, respectively.[7]
L'Aurore ceased publication in 1919 when Sciuto left Istanbul for Palestine.[4] The reason for the closure of the paper and Sciuto's leaving Istanbul was his disputes with the leaders of the local Jewish community.[8] In 1921 the license of L'Aurore was bought by the British authorities and was managed by a retired British Army captain.[9] It was renamed as Turquie Nouvelle in November 1922 and existed until the end of the occupation of Istanbul in 1923.[9]
Cairo (1924–1941) edit
Sciuto settled in Cairo in 1924 and relaunched L'Aurore as a weekly magazine which became one of the most read magazines among Jewish Cairene readers of Greek and Turkish origins and was the contender of another Cairo-based weekly magazine entitled Israël.[1] There was an Alexandria edition of L'Aurore.[10]
L'Aurore was supported by the United Palestine Appeal based in London from October 1924 to 1931.[1] When the support ended, the magazine experienced financial difficulty, and Sciuto's colleague, Jacques Maleh, took charge of the publication.[10] A funding commission was formed which was led by Simon Mani to save the publication.[10] This attempt was a success and made it possible for the magazine to continue. Leon Castro, a Jewish lawyer and public figure who had emigrant from the Ottoman Empire, acquired some shares of the magazine.[8] He was among the founders of the League for the Struggle against Anti-Semitism, an organization established after the increase of Adolf Hitler's power in 1933.[8] Castro made the magazine an organ of this organization.[8] In 1941 L'Aurore closed down due to the problems resulted from World War II.[1][10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "L'Aurore". National Library of Israel. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ a b Nesi Altaras (29 March 2020). "L'Aurore Gazetesinin İstanbul'dan Mısır'a Öyküsü". Avlaremoz (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Paul Dumont (1986). "Une communauté en quête d'avenir: le sionisme à Istanbul au lendemain de la première guerre mondiale (d'après la Nation, Organe de la Fédération Sioniste d'Orient (1919–1922))". Cahiers de la Méditerranée (in French) (9): 98. doi:10.3406/camed.1986.1800.
- ^ a b Dario Miccoli (Spring–Summer 2016). "A Fragile Cradle: Writing Jewishness, Nationhood, and Modernity in Cairo, 1920–1940". Jewish Social Studies. 21 (3): 16. doi:10.2979/JEWISOCISTUD.21.3.01. hdl:10278/3666577.
- ^ Julia Phillips Cohen (2014). Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-19-934040-8.
- ^ a b Murat Cihan Yıldız (2015). Strengthening Male Bodies and Building Robust Communities: Physical Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire (PhD thesis). University of California, Los Angeles. p. 157.
- ^ Sarah Abrevaya Stein (2002). "Ottomanism in Ladino" (Working Paper). European University Institute. p. 17. hdl:1814/1778. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d Ovadia Yerushalmi (1 January 2019). "The Newspaper That Put the Jews of Egypt on the World Stage". NLI Newsletter. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ a b François Georgeon (1990). "Kemalist Dönemde Türkiye'de Fransızca Yayın Yapan Basına Toplu Bir Bakış (1919-1938)". Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi (in Turkish). 6 (17). Translated by Niyazi Öktem: 325–326.
- ^ a b c d Bat Ye'or (1977). "Zionism in Islamic lands: The case of Egypt" (PDF). Wiener Library Bulletin. XXX (43–44): 21.