In Lebanon the first Arabic journal was an annual review, Majmu fawaid li nukhbat afadil which was first published in 1851.
[2] These were also the first specialized publications in the Arab world.
[3] The Lebanese magazines reinforced the improvement and modernization of Arabic literature and liberal thought in the first half of the 20th-century.
[6] There are also editions of international magazines, including Marie Claire, in Lebanon.
[5] The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Lebanon.