[2][6] The journal resumed publication in Nicosia, Cyprus, in February 1985 and was based there until August 1993 when it folded again due to the financial problems.
[7][8][9] Some of the articles published in Shu'un Filastiniyya were translated into German and featured in the leftist publications supporting the Palestinians in the mid 1970s.
[6] The editors-in-chief of Shu'un Filastiniyya include leading Palestinians such as Anis Sayigh, Sabri Jiryis and Mahmoud Darwish.
[21] Shortly after its start Shu'un Filastiniyya developed an analogy between apartheid regime and the situation of Palestine under the influence of Fayez Sayigh.
[5] In the period between 1971 and December 1975 articles on the West German leftists groups supporting the Palestine cause were frequently published in the journal.
[6] The PLO leader Yasser Arafat's speech at the United Nations General Assembly was featured in Shu'un Filastiniyya in December 1984.
[22] While serving as the editor-in-chief of Shu'un Filastiniyya Sabri Jiryis published an article in the journal in 1987 harshly criticizing the PLO due to its concentration on the Palestinian diaspora which led to the negligence of the major problems.