Al Hasnaa was launched by Georges Nicholas Baz in 1909.
[1][2] Baz was also the founding editor-in-chief of the magazine which was based in Beirut.
[2][3] The constitutional reforms in the Ottoman Empire in 1908 made it possible to establish the magazine providing a flexible atmosphere for the publications.
[4] One of the early contributors was Esther Azhari Moyal, a Lebanese Jewish journalist, feminist, and translator.
[6] Alawia Sobh served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine who was appointed to the post in 1986.