''Al Hawadeth'' (

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: الحوادث; ''The Events'') was a weekly news magazine which was published in

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, Lebanon, in the period 1911–2014 with some interruptions. The magazine is known for its publishers and editors:

Salim Lawzi Salim Lawzi ( ar, سليم اللوزي) (1922 – c. 4 March 1980) was a well-known Lebanese journalist and publisher, founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly ''Al Hawadeth'' weekly magazine. Salim Lawzi, alternatively written Salim El-Lozi or ...

who was assassinated in March 1980, and

Melhem Karam Melhem Karam (1932–2010) was a Lebanese writer and journalist who owned many publications, including ''Al Bayrak'' newspaper and ''Al Hawadeth'' magazine. He was also long-term president of the Lebanese Journalists Union for nearly 50 years in ...

, who was a veteran journalist.

History and profile

''Al Hawadeth'' was launched in Beirut in 1911. The founder was Latfallah Khyat who was also the publisher of the magazine. Salim Lawzi acquired it in 1955 and was its editor-in-chief until his assassination in 1980. It was published on a weekly basis. ''Al Hawadeth'' was temporarily stopped publication shortly after the start of

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in Lebanon in 1958 when Lawzi left Lebanon for Syria. Following his return to Lebanon the magazine was restarted. On 30 September 1961 the offices of the magazine were attacked with the sticks of dynamite which caused slight damages. It was again temporarily suspended in 1977 when its offices was attacked and Lawzi settled in the United Kingdom. ''Al Hawadeth'' continued its publication in London for a while. There an English edition of the magazine was started with the title of ''Events''. The magazine had a pro-

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political stance during the ownership of Salim Lawzi. Later ''Al Hawadeth'' was relocated in Beirut and owned and edited by the leading Lebanese journalist Melhem Karam until 2010. He died from a heart attack on 23 May 2010. Under his ownership its publisher was Dar Alf Leila Wa Leila which also published '' Al Bayrak'', ''

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'' and ''Monday Morning''. ''Al Hawadeth'' ceased publication in 2014.

Contributors

Syrian novelist

Ghada Samman Ghadah Al-Samman ( ar, غادة السمّان; born 1942) is a Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family. Her father was Ahmed Al-Samman, a president of the Syrian Univers ...

joined the magazine as a correspondent in 1969. One of the contributors of ''Al Hawadeth'' during its London period was Nahida Nakad who started her journalistic career in the magazine. Palestinian writer

Samira Azzam Samira Azzam (13 September 1927 – 8 August 1967) was a Palestinian writer, broadcaster, and translator known for her collections of short stories. In 1948, Azzam fled Palestine with her husband and family in the Nakba. Her collections of stori ...

was another regular contributor of the magazine.

References

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