Contributions of the people of OUED Souf to writing in the newspapers of the reform movement: A historical and statistical reading 1925-1939

Abstract

At the beginning of the 20th century, several prominent figures in Arabic journalism emerged in Algeria. The content of their newspapers varied according to their intellectual orientations and ideological convictions. We find newspapers with a purely religious focus, those advocating integration, and those of the reform movement led by Sheikh Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889-1940). This article will employ a historical and statistical methodology to discuss the early writers and contributors from the Wadi Souf region to reformist newspapers, focusing on listing their names and the content of their writings.