Literary Journalism in Mosul

Abstract

Mosuli journals, in general, paid special attention to matters related to literature and education through the publication of stories and poems. Of these journals are Al_Ummal (labors) , Al_Balagh , Fata Al_Iraq , Then specialized literary journals appeared , most prominent of them is Al_Majjala , Al_Jazeera , Al_Jadawil , Al_Rawafid , , Al_Fajr , Al_Mithal , Sada Al_Rawafid , Fata Al_Iraq , Al_Asifa and Al_Raid . Literary journalism in Mosul dealt with contemporary educational literary issues concerning Iraq and Arab states, in addition to focusing on international publications and media through essays , studies about international and Arabic literature in addition to publication of stories and poems dealing with real life situations . In this way, literary journalism served Arabic language and literature and created a literary and ideological movement which suits the reputation of Mosul and its literary and educational past resulted in generation of youth who participated in literary journalilm and became literary and educational prominent figures in Mosul and Iraq . The researcher tries to make this work the first research which tackles the" literary journalism" in Mosul analytically and academically.

Keywords

Literary, Journalism