[2] Al Fatat was launched by Hind Nawfal, a Lebanese Christian woman, in Alexandria in 1892.
[4][5][6] Nawfal's father and sister also contributed to the establishment of the magazine[7] of which the first issue appeared on 30 November 1892.
[8] Elisabeth Kendall stated that Nawfal's magazine had achieved a "fiery fusion of the political and literary".
[1] Later Al Fatat began to be published twice a month due to its growing popularity.
[15] Al Fatat ceased publication in 1894[14] when the founder and publisher Nawfal married and stopped dealing with the magazine.