Previous to al-Funun, no other Arabic journal devoted itself as exclusively to the literary and visual arts.

Included here are the Table of Contents for all 29 editions of al-Funun over the course of its lifetime from 1913 to 1918.  In addition, al-Funun’s special edition dedicated to the “Crisis in Syria” is presented below to give the reader a better impression of what al-Funun looked like and what it attempted to accomplish with Arabic literature and the Arab-American community.

al-Funun’s October 1916 Special Edition:

Cover (201 kb)
Pages ii-ix (373 kb)
Page x (279 kb)
Pages 384-389 (372 kb)
Pages 390-401 (379 kb)
Pages 402-408 (177 kb)
Page 409 (248 kb)
Pages 410-419 (207 kb)
Pages 420-429 (329 kb)
Pages 430-439 (363 kb)
Pages 439-447 (198 kb)
Pages 448-461 (372 kb)
Pages 462-471 (355 kb)
Pages 472-480 (195 kb)
Advertisements (116 kb)

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