Al Muharrir

Al Muharrir
Type Daily newspaper
Founder(s) Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Publisher Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Founded December 1974
Language Arabic
Ceased publication June 1981

Al Muharrir (meaning the Liberator or the Editor in English) was an Arabic language daily published in Morocco.

History and profile

Al Muharrir was first published in December 1964.[1] The daily was the organ of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party.[2][3] Therefore, it had a socialist leaning[4][5] and oppositional stance.[6]

Omar Benjelloun served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[4] He was assassinated in December 1975.[4] Later Mustafa Karchawi assumed the post.[7] Mohammed Abed Al Jabri, a Moroccan critic and academic, was among the significant contributors of the paper from its start in 1964.[1][5] Abdelkerim Mouti was another regular contributor.[8]

In November 1965 Al Muharrir was banned in Morocco and its editor-in-chief was jailed for ten months.[8] The daily was relaunched after six months.[8] Together with other opposition papers, including Al Alam and L'Opinion, it was frequently suspended during the mid-1970s.[8]

The paper ceased publication in June 1981.[9][10] It was succeeded by Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki which was first published in May 1983.[9][11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri". Ibn Rushd Organization. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ George Joffe; Alvaro Vasconcelos (8 April 2014). The Barcelona Process: Building a Euro-Mediterranean Regional Community. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-135-30982-4. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Azzedine Layachi (2002). "Militant Islam in Morocco: The Perils of Exclusion and the Risks of Inclusion". NITLE Arab World Project. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 Jaafar Aksikas (1 January 2009). Arab Modernities: Islamism, Nationalism, and Liberalism in the Post-colonial Arab World. Peter Lang. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-4331-0534-0. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ↑ El Mustapha Lahlali (6 June 2011). Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media. Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7486-8864-7. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Robin Bidwell (12 October 2012). Dictionary of Modern Arab History. Routledge. p. 429. ISBN 978-1-136-16298-5. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Mohammed Ibahrine (2005). "The Internet and Politics in Morocco" (PhD Thesis). Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport: Praeger. p. 98. Retrieved 10 October 2014. – via Questia (subscription required)
  10. ↑ "Moroccan human rights groups" (PDF). Amnesty International. 1991. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Morocco The Arab Press Network. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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