'The Modern Treasures'), simply Al Nafais, was a literary and political magazine which was published between 1908 and 1923 with an interruption during World War I.
[1] Its subtitle was Majalla adabiyya tarikhiyya fukahiyya (Arabic: A recreational and historical literary magazine).
[6] The texts translated by Beidas included the stories by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy in which there was a clear opposition against the Orthodox church establishment.
[6] In addition, the magazine supported the novice literary genres and attempted to relate them with the Arab culture.
[2] Al Nafais temporarily ceased publication in 1914 when World War I broke out and was restarted in Jerusalem on 26 July 1919.