Yousef El-Issa

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rdf:langString Yousef El-Issa (alternative: Yusuf al-‘Isa) (Arabic: يوسف العيسى) was a Palestinian journalist. He established the Filastin newspaper with his cousin Issa El-Issa in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa. Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to Arab Nationalism and the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. They were passionately opposed to Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine. He has been described by a researcher to be "a founder of modern journalism in Palestine". Al-Muqattam, one of the most read dailies in Egypt, commented in an editorial when El-Issa was editor-in-chief (1911-1914): “Heads of Arabs in all major cities bend to the editorials of Ustad Yousef EL-Issa.