| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Owners: | --> |
| Founder: | Umar Shakir |
| Foundation: | 31 October 1919 |
| Political: | Nationalist |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Ceased Publication: | October 1924 |
Al Fallah (Arabic: The Peasant) was a weekly newspaper which was first published in Damascus and then in Mecca. The paper existed between 1919 and 1924.
Al Fallah was first published in Damascus on 31 October 1919.[1] The owner of the paper was Umar Shakir who was sentenced to death by the French authorities.[1] He fled Damascus and settled in Mecca where he restarted Al Fallah on 8 September 1920.[1] [2] The paper consisted of four pages published in broadsheet format twice per week, but became a weekly publication from 17 October 1920.[1] It covered readers’ letters, entertaining articles, general and scientific articles and photographs which were not common in other Hejazi newspapers.[1]
Al Fallah had a pan-Arabist political stance, and its subtitle was an inclusive Arabic newspaper in the service of Arabs and Arabic.[1] The paper was also circulated in Palestine.[3] Its early emphasis was on the independence of Syria, but later it became closer to Al Qibla, a newspaper of Sharif Hussein.[1] Therefore, Al Fallah began to support his cause.[1] The paper folded in October 1924 shortly after the Hashemite forces lost the rule of Mecca and Hejaz.[1]