Al-Alam
 "al-Alam: Tongue of the Istiqlal Party" | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-chief | Omar Al Darkoli |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Rabat |
| Sister newspapers | L'Opinion |
| Website | Al Alam |
Al-Alam (Arabic: العَلم, lit. 'The Flag') is an Arabophone Moroccan daily newspaper.[1]
History and profile
[edit]Al Alam was founded in September 1946.[1][2] The paper, based in Rabat,[3] is the organ of the nationalist Istiqlal party.[4][5][6] The party also publishes L'Opinion.[4]
During the mid-1970s, the paper was frequently banned by the Moroccan authorities together with its sister publication, L'Opinion, and Al Muharrir, another opposition paper.[7]
The 2001 circulation of Al Alam was 100,000 copies, making it the second largest daily in the country.[8] The circulation had fallen to 18,000 copies in 2003.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- ^ Valérie K. Orlando (2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3.
- ^ "Media landscape. Morocco". Menasset. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ a b Moha Ennaji (2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-387-23979-8.
- ^ a b William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport: Praeger. p. 98. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2017.[ISBN missing]
- ^ Loubna H. Skalli (2011). "Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media". Gender & Society. 25 (475): 473–495. doi:10.1177/0891243211411051. S2CID 145483355.
- ^ Mohammed Ibahrine (2005). "The Internet and Politics in Morocco" (PDF). Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Archived from the original (PhD Thesis) on 17 October 2014.
- ^ Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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