Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Socialist Union of Popular Forces |
| Publisher | Socialist Union of Popular Forces |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Casablanca |
| Sister newspapers | Libération |
Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي meaning The Socialist Union)[1] is a daily Moroccan Arabic-language newspaper.
History and profile[edit]
Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki was first published in May 1983.[1][2][3] It is the successor to Al Muharrir (The Editor in English) which was shut down in June 1981.[1]
The paper is the organ of Morocco's Socialist Union of Popular Forces political party.[4][5] Its sister paper is the francophone newspaper Libération.[5][6] Mohammad Brini served as the director of Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki[7] which is based in Casablanca.[8]
The 2001 circulation of the paper was 110,000 copies, making it the largest daily in Morocco.[2] The circulation dropped to 65,000 copies in 2003.[1]
During the war in Iraq Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki added "No War" in English to the banner of each page which included Iraq-oriented news.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport: Praeger. p. 98. ISBN 9780275982126.
- ^ a b Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Morocco Archived 16 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Arab Press Network. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Loubna H. Skalli (2011). "Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media". Gender & Society. 25 (475): 473–495. doi:10.1177/0891243211411051. S2CID 145483355.
- ^ a b Valérie K. Orlando (2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3.
- ^ Moha Ennaji (2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-387-23979-8.
- ^ Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- ^ "Media landscape. Morocco". Menassat. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ Dale F. Eickelman. "2 New media in the Arab Middle East and the emergence of open societies" (PDF). In Robert W. Hefner (ed.). Remaking Muslim Politics. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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