1949-1956
This was a social, religious and literary magazine. It was originally meant to be published bimonthly, but it was issued monthly in Arabic by the elite members of the Order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Chaldean Church in Baghdad, and it consisted of 40 small pages. Its first issue was published on 25 December 1949. Its publisher was Deacon Elias Tomina, and its director and chief editor was Rev. Yousif Babana. It included publications on religious, linguistic, historical, and literary subjects in addition to some translations from other languages as well as news about Catholics and the Chaldean Church in Iraq and the world. Some of the most prominent writers in this magazine were Rophael Babu Ishaq, Luis Marmarji, Yousif Yaqob Maskony, and Yaqob Sarkis, and Sulaiman Al-Sayigh, Hanna Al-Rassam, Rophael Bidawid, Ephram Baddi and a number of female writers including Salima Anton Talia and Rose Rassam. The magazine ceased to be published in March 1956.
