جريدة حديقة الأخبار وطلائعية السرد التخييلية العربية

In the "The journal Hadiqat alAkhbar and the pioneerism of Arabic narrative fiction," Basilius Hanna Bawardi deals with the literary activities of Hadiqat al-Akhbar (1858-1911) in its first ten years. An examination of the texts published in the journal reveals that its owner Khalil al-Khuri (1836-1907), a central figure of the Nahda, believed that the adoption of Western literary genres without ignoring the Arabic heritage would provide Arab culture with suitable tools for reviving the traditional styles of literary expression. The article points out that Hadiqat al-Akhbar was the first Arabic newspaper to publish translations from Western narrative fiction, Wayy Idhan Lastu bi-'Ifranjjiyy, (Sham, I am not a Foreigner) (1859-1861), Khalil al-Khuri created a model for Arabic narrative fiction.