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''Al-Alam'' ( ar, العَلم, lit=The Flag) is an
arabophone Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
Moroccan daily
newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
.


History and profile

''Al Alam'' was founded in September 1946. The paper, based in Rabat, is the organ of the
nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...
Istiqlal Istiqlal ( ar, اِسْتِقْلال, istiqlāl) means ''independence'' and may refer to: Political parties *Azərbaycan Milli İstiqlal Partiyası or Azerbaijan National Independence Party, political party in Azerbaijan *Harakat Al-Istiqlal or In ...
party. The party also publishes ''
L'Opinion ''L'Opinion'' is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper. History and profile ''L'Opinion'' was established in 1965. The daily is the organ of the Istiqlal Party. It is the sister publication of the Arabic-language newspaper ''Al-Alam'' and i ...
''. During the mid-1970s the paper was frequently banned by the Moroccan authorities together with its sister publication, ''L'Opinion'', and ''
Al Muharrir ''Al Muharrir'' (; ''the Liberator'' or ''the Editor'') was an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Morocco. It was in circulation between December 1974 and June 1981. History and profile ''Al Muharrir'' was first published in December 1 ...
'', another oppositional paper. The 2001 circulation of ''Al Alam'' was 100,000 copies, making it the second largest daily in the country.Morocco Press
''Press Reference''. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
It was 18,000 copies in 2003.


See also

*
List of newspapers in Morocco Newspapers in Morocco are primarily published in Arabic and French, and to a lesser extent in Berber, English, and Spanish. ''Africa Liberal'', a Spanish daily, was the first paper published in the country which was launched in 1820. ''Al Maghri ...


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External links


Official website
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