Mir’at al-Sharq (Arabic: مرآة الشرق, romanized: mirʿā ash-sharq, lit.
Mir’at al-Sharq was founded in Jerusalem in September 17[1], 1919 by Boulos Shehadeh,[2] a Christian Palestinian from Ramallah.
[2] During its first three months all newswriters were located in Palestinian towns, but at the same time the newspaper considered Palestine as part of Syria.
After the early-mid 1920s, Foster claims that "many Palestinians came under the influence of their neighbors in the Arab world and beyond to a much greater extent than has been acknowledged.
[2] The issues of Mir’at al-Sharq were archived in Al Aqsa Mosque library in Jerusalem.