01/11/2021

Today in History: First Syriac newspaper published

ܙܗܪܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܒܗܪܐ، ܣܦܪܝܘܡܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

172 years ago today, on November 1, 1849, the first Syriac newspaper named “Zahrire d’Bahra” was published in Urmia, Iran.

Zahrire d’Bahra means “Rays of Light” or “Rays of Enlightenment”.