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''Al-Arab'' or ''Alarab'' ( ar, العرب meaning ''The Arabs'') is a
The paper was launched in London on 1 June 1977, as a secular pan-Arab daily. Ahmed el-Houni, a former Libyan minister of information, was the owner and editor-in-chief of the daily. ''Al-Arab'' sometimes reflected official Libyan government views and was run, as of 2004, by the Hounis as a family business, producing 10,000 copies that were also being printed in Tunisia and distributed throughout the Arab world, with the exception of some countries where it was banned. It has undergone a series of expansions over the years, which included the launching of sister publications such as the magazine ''Al-Jadid'' and ''The Arab Weekly''.
Its 10,000th issue, consisting of 24 pages, was published on 7 August 2015 and featured Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the New Suez Canal on its front page. The ''Al-Arab'' media organization also helped fund
Al Arab Online
- official webpage, Arabic
ALARAB ONLINE
- official webpage, English 1977 establishments in the United Kingdom Arabic-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers established in 1977 Newspapers published in London {{UK-newspaper-stub
pan-Arab
Pan-Arabism ( ar, الوحدة العربية or ) is an ideology that espouses the unification of the countries of North Africa and Western Asia from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea, which is referred to as the Arab world. It is closely c ...
newspaper published from London, England, and sold in a number of countries.
History and profile
The paper was launched in London on 1 June 1977, as a secular pan-Arab daily. Ahmed el-Houni, a former Libyan minister of information, was the owner and editor-in-chief of the daily. ''Al-Arab'' sometimes reflected official Libyan government views and was run, as of 2004, by the Hounis as a family business, producing 10,000 copies that were also being printed in Tunisia and distributed throughout the Arab world, with the exception of some countries where it was banned. It has undergone a series of expansions over the years, which included the launching of sister publications such as the magazine ''Al-Jadid'' and ''The Arab Weekly''.
Its 10,000th issue, consisting of 24 pages, was published on 7 August 2015 and featured Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the New Suez Canal on its front page. The ''Al-Arab'' media organization also helped fund Ahval
Ahval is an Emirati-funded online news website that solely reports on Turkey. The site was launched in 2017. Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar is the current editor-in-chief. The name ''Ahval'' means "events" and is a Turkish Arabism derivation fro ...
, a news website launched by Yavuz Baydar, a Turkish journalist who left Turkey following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
On 15 July 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces, organized as the Peace at Home Council, attempted a coup d'état against state institutions, including the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They attempted to seize cont ...
. Qantara.de
Qantara.de (Classical Arabic: ', meaning "bridge") is an Internet portal in German, English, and Arabic, produced by Deutsche Welle in order to promote intercultural dialogue between the Western and Islamic worlds.
The portal was founded on the ...
suspects ''Al-Arab'' and the government of the United Arab Emirates of influencing the creation of Ahval's Arabic language service.
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External links
Al Arab Online
- official webpage, Arabic
ALARAB ONLINE
- official webpage, English 1977 establishments in the United Kingdom Arabic-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers established in 1977 Newspapers published in London {{UK-newspaper-stub