Ad-Diyar

Ad-Diyar
الديار
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Publisher Al-Nahdah Publishing House
Editor-in-chief Charles Ayoub
Founded 1941
Language Arabic
Headquarters Beirut, Lebanon
Website Official Website

Ad-Diyar (Arabic: الديار‎ meaning The Home) is an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon.

History and orientation

Ad Diyar was first published in 1941 as an Arabic political daily.[1][2] Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud has a stake in the paper[3] which is published in broadsheet format.[4]

The editor-in-chief of the paper is Charles Ayoub.[5] Leading Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek worked for the daily.[6]

The paper is reported to be pro-Syrian.[5][7] In addition, the daily has close ideological links to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.[1][5] The daily gained significant popularity in 1987 when it publicly criticized the militia leaders.[8]

The circulation of Ad Diyar was 20,000 copies in 2003, making it the third best selling newspaper in Lebanon.[4]

Bans

Ad Diyar was closed by Michel Aoun, then interim Lebanese prime minister and army commander, in January 1990 due to its clash with Aoun policies.[9] The daily was also banned in Syria on 22 April 2009 due to the criticisms of its editor-in-chief pro-Syrian politician Charles Ayoub against another pro-Syrian politician Michel Aoun.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ad Diyar". The Arab Press Network. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Lebanese media coverage of oil and gas sector". SKeyes. August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Paul Cochrane. "Saudi Arabia’s Media Influence". Arab Media and Society. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "World Press Trends". Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dajani, Nabil (Summer 2013). "The Myth of Media Freedom in Lebanon". Arab Media and Society (18). Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Elie Hajj (26 April 2013). "Pierre Sadek Defended the Right to Criticize Until His Dying Breath". Al Monitor. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Avraham, H. (3 November 2006). "Lebanon Faces Political Crisis in Aftermath of War: Tensions Escalate Between ‘March 14 Forces’ and Hizbullah, Pro-Syrian Camp" (Inquiry and Analysis Series Report No.299). MEMRI. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Yahya R. Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana (1994). Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Retrieved 9 September 2013.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  9. ↑ Ihsan A. Hijazi (19 January 1990). "A Second Newspaper Is Shut by Lebanese General". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Syria bans Lebanese newspaper for criticizing Aoun". Ya Libnan. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2013.