''Al-Alam'' ( ar, العلم) was a Syrian

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daily

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founded in 1944 and published in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. It continued to influence public opinion for over two decades.

History

''Al-Alam'' newspaper was founded by the Syrian writer and journalist,

Izzat Husrieh Izzat Husrieh ( ar, عزة حصرية; 1914 – 4 November 1975) was a renowned Syrian journalist, author, publisher and researcher. He contributed several books to the Arab library and his famous newspaper '' Al-Alam'' continued to form public opi ...

who was the

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of ''Al Istiklal Al Arabi'' newspaper (''Arab Independence'' in English) previously. Later on, the newspaper was edited by Fouad El-Shaeib accompanied by Adnan Molouhi as its editor's secretary. ''Al-Alam'' was one of the newspapers which did not stop upon the coupe of president

Husni Al-Zaim Husni al-Za'im ( ar, حسني الزعيم ''Ḥusnī az-Za’īm''; 11 May 1897 – 14 August 1949) was a Syrian military officer and politician of Kurdish origin. Husni al-Za'im, had been an officer in the Ottoman Army. After France instituted ...

in 1949, and continued until 1953 when it was merged with ''

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'' (The Firebrand) as ''Al-Zaman'' (The Time) when president Adib Shishakli ordered every two newspapers to merge. After that, it was separated again when the legislations changed. Later on, the newspaper was voluntarily merged again with ''Al Qabas'', but was soon separated again. ''Al-Alam'' also continued to be published during the years of the

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(UAR).

References

Moujam Al-Jaraed al-Souryya (The Encyclopedia of Syrian Newspapers 1865–1965), Dr. Muhyar Adnan Al-Muluhi. 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Alam, Al- 1944 establishments in Mandatory Syria 1964 disestablishments in Syria Newspapers established in 1944 Publications disestablished in 1964 Defunct newspapers published in Syria Arabic-language newspapers Arab mass media Mass media in Damascus Daily newspapers published in Syria