• Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: cover with a map of Palestine and doves, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: back cover marking the 17th session of the Palestinian National Council, November 1984, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with poems and drawings, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with maps of Palestine, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with lessons and photographs, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with a drawing and a decorated page, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with comic strips, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with illustrated stories, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with photographs and articles, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: December 1984 cover hailing the independent Palestinian decision, KHAJISTAN™
  • Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine, two issues of 1984 in Arabic: inner pages with photographs of children, KHAJISTAN™

    02 Issues of Al-Ashbal Palestinian Children's Magazine (Tunis, 1984, Arabic)

    Fatah youth movement | Tunis (Hammam-Lif) | Arabic | two issues, 1984: no. 2 (5 October 1984) and no. 4 (10 December 1984)

    The children’s magazine of Fatah, made for the young members of its youth movement and founded in Damascus in 1969. These issues were published from Tunis, and the masthead gives a post office box at Hammam-Lif. Comics and poems sit beside illustrated maps of Palestine. The December cover hails the independent Palestinian decision, the watchword of the National Council that met in Amman in November 1984.

    Historical context

    The Palestine National Council met in Amman in November 1984. Its final statement affirmed independent Palestinian national decision-making, the slogan on Al-Ashbal’s December cover. These issues were published by Fatah’s youth movement from Tunis.

    Sources: PalQuest, Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement, 29 November 1984.

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