| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Founded: | 1911 |
| Finaldate: | 1931 |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Based: | Baghdad |
Lughat Al Arab (Arabic: لغة العرب||The Language of the Arabs) was a monthly linguistic and history magazine which was published in Baghdad between 1911 and 1931 with a twelve-year interruption.
Lughat Al Arab was launched by the Carmelite Father Anastas Al Karmali in Baghdad in 1911.[1] It was published in Baghdad on a monthly basis.[1] [2] The magazine featured articles on language, history, literature[3] and science.[4] In the first issue the goal of Lughat Al Arab was stated as follows: "to serve the homeland, knowledge, and literature, familiarising Iraq and its people with the neighbouring countriesand the writings of Western scholars, and giving Iraq a recognised place among civilised nations."[4]
Al Karmali edited the magazine.[5] The last issue appeared in June 1914.[1] Al Karmali was sent to exile in Anatolia in 1916, and following his return to Baghdad Lughat Al Arab was restarted in 1926.[1] The magazine permanently folded in 1931.[6] In this second period Kazim Al Dujayli and Iraqi linguist and historian Muhammad Bahjat Athari were among the contributors of Lughat Al Arab.[5] [7]
Each issue of Lughat Al Arab published during its first phase was archived under the OpenArabicPE’s Corpus.[1]