Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf
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Professor Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf (1952–1999) was a Yemeni human-rights activist, economist, and journalist.
Al-Saqqaf established the Yemen Times, unified Yemen’s first and most widely-read English-language independent newspaper, in 1991, and was the winner of the N.P.C.'s International Award for Freedom of the Press for 1995. He was also a leading economist at the state-owned Sana'a University. He won the lifetime Achievement Award of the 2006 Middle East Publishing Conference in recognition of his efforts in promoting freedom of the press in Yemen and in the region. Dr. Al-Saqqaf died in 1999.
[edit] External links
- Yemen Times issue dedicated to Dr. Al-Saqqaf (includes bio and other information)
- Yemen Times
- Obituary from al-bab.com
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