{"product_id":"02-issues-of-al-ashbal-palestinian-childrens-magazine-syria-and-lebanon-1970-1984-arabic-khajistan","title":"02 Issues of Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine (Syria and Lebanon, 1970–1984, Arabic)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e الأشبال (\u003cem\u003eAl-Ashbal\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e “The Cubs” or “The Lion Cubs” – often used to refer to Palestinian youth or child fighters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Likely affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudience:\u003c\/strong\u003e Palestinian children and youth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arabic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolitical Alignment:\u003c\/strong\u003e Palestinian nationalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– Vol. 2 Issue 2, dated October 5, 1984 \u003cbr\u003e– Vol. 4 Issue 4, dated December 16, 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"914\" data-start=\"492\"\u003eA political magazine for children published by Fatah, \u003cem data-end=\"557\" data-start=\"546\"\u003eAl-Ashbal\u003c\/em\u003e (“The Lion Cubs”) was the official publication of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s youth movement. First printed in Damascus in the early 1970s, it sought to educate Palestinian children in exile on themes of resistance, identity, and collective memory, drawing from the lived experience of displacement, military occupation, and ongoing violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1236\" data-start=\"916\"\u003eThrough comics, maps, slogans, poetry, educational games, and visual narratives, \u003cem data-end=\"1008\" data-start=\"997\"\u003eAl-Ashbal\u003c\/em\u003e introduced its readers to ideas of national liberation and political solidarity. Its pages reflected both the cultural richness of Palestinian life and the conditions of statelessness imposed by decades of war and forced exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1329\" data-start=\"1238\"\u003eOne early issue from 1970 memorializes the killing of schoolchildren by Israeli airstrikes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1500\" data-start=\"1331\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Phantom jets struck the School of the Sea of Rage, killing 46 children. The survivors—cubs and blossoms—took up arms. In the fields of blood, a new generation grows.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1916\" data-start=\"1502\"\u003eLater issues from the 1980s featured illustrated maps of historic Palestine, depictions of refugee camps, dedications to those killed in conflict, and lessons in Arab heritage and geography. Educational and ideological content coexisted throughout, with the magazine offering a lens into how Palestinian political identity was shaped and transmitted to younger generations under conditions of occupation and exile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KHAJISTAN™","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428235296982,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9883\/2285\/files\/1_c8073593-1486-4291-8488-2eae63d765b0.png?v=1773846520","url":"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/02-issues-of-al-ashbal-palestinian-childrens-magazine-syria-and-lebanon-1970-1984-arabic-khajistan","provider":"KHAJISTAN™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}