Al-Arab
| العرب لكل العرب "Al-Arab for all Arabs" | |
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| Type | Morning daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Ahmad Al Houni |
| Publisher | Arab World Foundation for Press and Publication |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Website | alarab thearabweekly |
Al-Arab or Alarab (Arabic: العرب meaning The Arabs) is a pan-Arab newspaper published from London, England,[1] and sold in a number of countries.
History and profile
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The paper was launched in London on 1 June 1977,[2] as a secular pan-Arab daily.[3] Ahmed el-Houni, a former Libyan minister of information, was the owner and editor-in-chief of the daily.[4] Al-Arab sometimes reflected official Libyan government views and was run, as of 2004, by the Hounis as a family business, producing 10,000 copies that were also being printed in Tunisia and distributed throughout the Arab world, with the exception of some countries where it was banned.[5] It has undergone a series of expansions over the years, which included the launching of sister publications such as the magazine Al-Jadid and The Arab Weekly.[2]
Its 10,000th issue, consisting of 24 pages, was published on 7 August 2015 and featured Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the New Suez Canal on its front page.[2] The Al-Arab media organization also helped fund Ahval, a news website launched by Yavuz Baydar, a Turkish journalist who left Turkey following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. Qantara.de suspects Al-Arab and the government of the United Arab Emirates of influencing the creation of Ahval's Arabic language service.[3]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "London-based Newspaper Al Arab Focuses on EFE's Work Helping Youth to Meet the Needs of the Labor Market". Education for Employment. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b c El-Shafey, Mahmud (21 August 2015). "Al-Arab newspaper celebrates 10,000th issue". The Arab Weekly. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ a b Croitoru, Joseph (16 January 2018). "Turkish exiles′ news portal "Ahval": Hardly politically neutral". Qantara.de. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Largest-Circulation Arabic Newspapers Carnegie Endowment. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ Rugh, William A. (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9780275982126.
External links
[edit]- Al Arab Online - official webpage, Arabic
- Official website
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