''Al Sahwa'' (

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: الصحوة; ''The Awakening'') is an Arabic language weekly newspaper published in

Sana'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. Founded in 1986 the paper has an Islamist political stance.

History and profile

''Al Sahwa'' was established in 1986. It is one of the official media outlets of the Islah Party. Although the paper is published weekly on Thursdays, its website is updated daily. As of 2014 Rajeh Badi was the

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of the weekly. The paper describes itself as the voice of Islamic movement in the country. Therefore, it offers the analysis of news from an Islamic angle. The paper's online version was the 17th most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region. The offices of ''Al Sahwa'' in Sana'a was attacked by gunmen in May 2011. The attacks were allegedly carried out by the Yemeni military forces loyal to former

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Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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