Al-Mustaqbal (newspaper)

Al-Mustaqbal
المستقبل
Type Daily newspaper
Founder(s) Rafic Hariri
Publisher Arab United Press
Managing editors Faisal Salman
Founded 1995
Political alignment Centre-right
Language Arabic
Headquarters Beirut
Website Al Mustaqbal
Al-Mustaqbal on display in Tripoli, Lebanon, 2012

Al-Mustaqbal (المستقبل in Arabic) (English translation: The Future) is an Arabic language daily newspaper in Lebanon, headquartered in Beirut.

History and profile

Al Mustaqbal was launched in 1995 by Rafic Hariri, former Prime Minister and assassinated leader of the Movement of the Future.[1][2] The daily is based in Beirut.[3] Arab United Press is the publisher[4] and prominent Lebanese journalist Faisal Salman is managing editor of the daily.[5]

The paper has a cultural supplement, Nawafiz.[6] Since 1999 the daily has a weekly page concerning the environmental issues.[7]

A 2009 survey by Ipsos Stat established that Al Mustaqbal is among the five most popular newspapers in Beirut.[8]

Political stance

The newspaper expresses the views of the Movement of the Future and supports the Lebanese March 14 Alliance.[8][9] In addition, the daily is one of the major anti-Syrian publications in the Middle East.[10]

Bans

The daily has an online newspaper which was banned in Syria in July 2007.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Rola el Husseini (15 October 2012). Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon. Syracuse University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8156-3304-4. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Arab Media Review (January-June 2012)". Anti-Defamation League. 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Arab United Press". Zawya. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Media Landscape". Menassat. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Dajani, Nabil (Summer 2013). "The Myth of Media Freedom in Lebanon". Arab Media and Society (18). Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Mirene Arsanios (1 November 2011). "Comparative Notes on the Cultural Magazine in Lebanon". Ibraaz. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Najib Saab. "The Environment in Arab Media" (Report). Arab Forum for Environment and Development. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon". Open Society Foundations. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  9. ↑ Mona Naggar (June 2010). "A State of Ongoing Crisis and Over-Supply the Media in Lebanon". Fikrun wa Fann. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Syria says no to ‘the Future’". Now Lebanon. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2013.