Assayad

Assayad
Categories Newsweekly
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 76,192 (2009)
Publisher Dar Assayad
First issue 22 November 1943 (1943-11-22)
Company Dar Assayad
Country Lebanon
Language Arabic
Website Assayad
ISSN 0250-3549
OCLC number 473862707

Assayad (meaning Hunter in English) is a weekly Arabic news magazine published in Lebanon. It is the first pan-Arab magazine in the country and its headquarters is in Beirut.

Profile

Assayad was launched by Dar Assayad publishing house led by Said Freiha on 22 November 1943.[1][2] Freiha was an advocate of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian president.[3] The publishing house also owns other publications including daily Al Anwar.[4][5]

The magazine is based in Beirut[6] and has offices in various cities including Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, London, and Paris.[7]

Staff

Many prominent journalists worked for the magazine: Mustafa Ameen, Nizar Kabbani, Selim El Laouzi, Amin Malouf, Melhem Karam, Said Akl, Nabil Khoury, Hisham Abu Zahr, and Talal Salman.[7] Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek also work in the magazine.[8]

From 1967 to 1979 its editor-in-chief was Palestinian journalist and writer Ghassan Kanafani.[9] As of 2012, the editorial team of the magazine included Raouf Chahour, Rafik Khoury, George Trad and Lima Nabil.[7]

Content and circulation

The magazine provides news about politics, economy, social affairs in the Arab and international context.[7] In addition, it covers arts, entertainment and life style topics.[7] The magazine also publishes interviews one of which was with Leila Ben Ali, former first lady of Tunisia.[10]

The 2009 circulation of Assayad was 76,192 copies.[7]

See also

List of magazines in Lebanon

References

  1. ↑ "Dar Assayad's Publications". B. Freiha. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Company profile". Dar Assayad. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Nasser Kalawoun (2 September 2000). The Struggle For Lebanon: A Modern History of Lebanese-Egyptian Relations. I.B.Tauris. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-86064-423-8. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dar Assayad". Kompass. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Lebanon Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2614. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Assayad" (PDF). Dar Assayad. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Elie Hajj (26 April 2013). "Pierre Sadek Defended the Right to Criticize Until His Dying Breath". Al Monitor. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  9. ↑ Philip Mattar (1 January 2005). Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Infobase Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-8160-6986-6. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Mrs. Leila Ben Ali's interview to Lebanese Assayad magazine". Agency Tunis Afrique Press. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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