Ad-Dustour (Jordan)
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| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Jordan Press and Publishing Company |
| Editor | Mohammad Hassan Altali |
| Founded | 28 March 1967 |
| Headquarters | Amman, Jordan |
| Website | Ad-Dustour website |
The Ad-Dustour (Arabic: الدستور, meaning The Constitution) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Jordan.[1] Its headquarters is in Amman, Jordan.
History and profile
The first issue of Ad-Dustour (in Arabic الدستور) was published on 28 March 1967[2][3] as a result of a merger of two publications: Falestin (in Arabic فلسطين) and Al Manar (in Arabic المنار)[4] published in the West Bank and that had ceased publication in 1967 because of the Six-Day War.
The daily is owned by the Jordan Press and Publishing Company.[5] It was a private company until 1986 when the Jordanian government bought a share of it.[6] The daily has nearly 600 staff.[5]
From 1991 to 1995 Musa Keilani served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[7] Its editor was Nabil Sharif until February 2009.[8][9] Its current editor-in-chief is Muhammad Hasan Altali.[5]
In 1998, the daily went online, being the first in the Arab world.[5]
The estimated circulation of Ad-Dustour was 40,000 whereas it was 90,000 copies in 2003.[3]
Contents
The daily contains five sections:
- First Section: for head line and domestic news.
- Second Section: for international news, business and economy.
- Addustour Alriyadi: for international and domestic sport news.
- Doroob: For miscellaneous news related to health and living styles.
- The Cultural Section: This section is only for Fridays of every week, and contains domestic, regional, and international cultural events
- Al-Shabab: This section is published on Wednesdays of every week, and daily during major sport competitions such as FIFA World Cup. It covers the weekly domestic, and international youth events [10]
See also
References
- ↑ "Jordan profile. Media". BBC. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ "Arab Media Review (January-June 2012)". Anti-Defamation League. 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ Asharq Awsat: http://aawsat.com/home/article/318511/%C2%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%C2%BB-%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1 (Arabic)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Al Ghad". Media Me. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ↑ Addustour History (in Arabic)
- ↑ Publitec Publications (1 January 2007). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Walter de Gruyter. p. 460. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ "New Jordanian ministers sworn in". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ↑ Search for Peace in the Middle East, The: A Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue. United Nations Publications. 2002. p. 44. ISBN 978-92-1-100895-1. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Addoustour Al Shabab
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