About Pan-Arab Illustrated Magazine
The Pan-Arab illustrated weeklies of 1940s Cairo and Beirut — Al-Musawwar from Dar al-Hilal and the Amin brothers' Akher Saa — defined a glamorous photo-driven press aesthetic. Brick-red fields carried sepia halftone photo-montage portraits, ornate ruq'ah masthead lockups, and Art-Deco rule frames touched with gold.
This system distills that look into digital form: a saturated terracotta ground, calligraphic Arabic logotypes, Deco corner ornament, and the soft sepia grain of mid-century rotogravure printing.
- Origin
- Middle East / Cairo & Beirut
- Era
- 1940s (Al-Musawwar founded 1924–25; Akher Saa relaunched 1944)
- Key figures
- Dar al-Hilal (Zaydan family) · the Amin brothers · Al-Musawwar editors · Akher Saa editors
- Movements
- Pan-Arab illustrated journalism · Art Deco cover design · Ruq'ah calligraphic logotype
Pan-Arab Illustrated Magazine design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
Aref RuqaaHeadings
AmiriBody
Noto Naskh ArabicMono
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