Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki

Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki
الإتحاد الإشتراكي
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
Website http://www.alittihad.press.ma

Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki (Arabic: الإتحاد الإشتراكي‎ meaning The Socialist Union)[1] is a daily Moroccan Arabic-language newspaper.

History and profile

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 the Socialist Union of Popular Forces 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] It 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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport: Praeger. p. 98. Retrieved 21 January 2014. – via Questia (subscription required)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Morocco The Arab Press Network. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Loubna H. Skalli (2011). "Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media". Gender & Society 25 (475). doi:10.1177/0891243211411051. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Valérie K. Orlando (23 June 2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Moha Ennaji (20 January 2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-387-23979-8. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (16 January 2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Media landscape. Morocco". Menassat. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Dale F. Eickelman. "2 New media in the Arab Middle East and the emergence of open societies". In Robert W. Hefner. Remaking Muslim Politics. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

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