''Al-Hadaf'' ('' ar, الهدف''), ('' en, The Target'') is a
Palestinian weekly political and cultural magazine published in
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
.
History and profile
''Al Hadaf'' was founded in
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
in 1969
by
Ghassan Kanafani as the political mouthpiece of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),
[ espousing a ]Marxist–Leninist
Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialect ...
version of 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 ...
Palestinian nationalism. Kanafani also served as the editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of the weekly. Deputy editor was Bassam Abu Sharif
Bassam Abu Sharif ( ar, بسام أبو شريف; born 1946 in Jerusalem) is a former senior adviser to Yasser Arafat and leading cadre of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He was previously a member of the Popular Front for the Libera ...
.
See also
* List of magazines in Lebanon
References
External links
''Al-Hadaf'' homepage
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1969 establishments in Lebanon
Arabic-language magazines
Cultural magazines
Magazines established in 1969
Magazines published in Beirut
Marxist magazines
Pan-Arabist media
Weekly magazines published in Lebanon