Abu Al-Yaqdan

He is Sheikh Ibrahim bin Issa Hamdi Abu Al-Yaqdan. He was

born in
Iqranrn Palace (Al-Qararah) on 29 Safar 1306 AH / 5 November
1888 AD.
He began his scientific career with the book in his hometown of
Qarara, where he memorized the Qur’an and memorized it with
Hajj Ibrahim bin Kasi, then studied at the institutes of Sheikh
Hajj Omar bin Yahya and Sheikh Hajj Ibrahim Al-Abriki.
Returns to the councils of science and scholars, where he moved
to the Qutb Institute of Imams Sheikh Mhamed bin Youssef
Atfayesh at Yazan in Mzab in the year 1325 AH / 1907 AD, and
he was one of his most prominent students.
And when he was filled with knowledge and knowledge, he
yearned for the knowledge of the transfer, so he went to the part
of Tunisia, where the Al-Zaytouna Mosque was, in the year 1330
AH / 1912 AD and headed the first Algerian Mozabite scientific
mission in Tunisia, then returned to Algeria at the beginning of
the First World War, and then headed the mission again from the
year 1917 AD until 1925 AD.
He is considered the first Algerian patriot to establish a modern
national printing press in Algeria, called the Arab Press. Most of
the national Arab literature, reformist newspapers and
revolutionary publications were printed in it. Besides that, it was
a cultural club and a national forum for men of thought and
media in Algeria. The Arab Press, and in addition to this, he was
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one of the founding administrative leaders of the Association of
Algerian Muslim Scholars. He was repeatedly elected to manage
this association, as he was appointed on behalf of the Secretariat
of Money. He was also a prominent fighter in the Tunisian Free
Constitutional Party, and his personal friendship with the leader
of Abdelaziz al-Thaalbi was linked.
Sheikh Abu Al-Yaqdan is considered the pioneer of the Algerian
mujahideen press, as he issued eight national Islamic newspapers
in the Arabic language between 1345-1357 AH / 1926-1938 AD.
The French colonialism overthrew them one after the other,
which are respectively: M’zab Valley – M’zab – Maghreb – Al-
Nour – Al-Bustan – Al-Nibras - The nation - Al-Furqan.
When colonialism prevented his journalistic activity, he devoted
himself to writing and social, cultural and religious activities,
which resulted in nearly fifty authors, between printed and
manuscripts.
He was paralyzed in the year 1376 AH / 1957 AD, but his work
did not paralyze and his cultural, social and educational activities
always continued until he passed away in Qararah on Friday 29
Safar 1393 AH / 30 March 1973 AD, may God have mercy on
him.