''Al Muharrir'' (; ''the Liberator'' or ''the Editor'') was an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. It was in circulation between December 1974 and June 1981.

History and profile

''Al Muharrir'' was first published in December 1964. The daily was the organ of the

Socialist Union of Popular Forces The Socialist Union of Popular Forces ( ar, الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية, translit=Al-Ittihad Al-Ishtirakiy Lilqawat Al-Sha'abiyah; zgh, ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳ� ...

party. Therefore, it had a socialist leaning and oppositional stance.

Omar Benjelloun Omar Benjelloun (1936, in Oujda – 18 December 1975, in Casablanca) was a Moroccan journalist, engineer, lawyer and trade union activist. Biography Omar Benjelloun was born in 1936 in Oujda. He comes from one of the most affluent families in Mor ...

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 paper who was assassinated on 18 December 1975. Later Mustafa Karchawi assumed the post. Mohammed Abed Al Jabri, a Moroccan critic and academic, was among the significant contributors of the paper from its start in 1964. Abdelkerim Mouti was another regular contributor. In November 1965 ''Al Muharrir'' was banned in Morocco, and its editor-in-chief was jailed for ten months. The daily was relaunched after six months. Together with other opposition papers, including '' Al Alam'' and ''

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 is ...

'', it was frequently suspended during the mid-1970s. ''Al Muharrir'' ceased publication in June 1981. It was succeeded by ''

Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki ''Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki'' ( ar, الإتحاد الإشتراكي meaning ''The Socialist Union'') is a daily Moroccan Arabic-language newspaper. History and profile ''Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki'' was first published in May 1983.

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''The Arab Press Network''. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

References

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