''Ararad'' ( hy, Արարատ) is a daily Lebanese Armenian newspaper and the official organ of the Armenian

Social Democrat Hunchakian Party The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) ( hy, Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն; ՍԴՀԿ, translit=Sots’ial Demokrat Hnch’akyan Kusakts’ut’yun), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian ...

(Henchak) 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 ...

. It is a four-page daily. Its executive director is Ani Yepremian since September 2012.

History

Hunchakian activist Mihran Aghazarian planned to publish ''Ararad'' in 1933, but was killed 2 days before the start. ''Ararad'' was established in 1937 and the first issue appeared on 12 November 1937 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 ...

. First editor was Armenak Eloyan (1937-1939). Another former editor was Aharoun Shekerdemian. It used to be published daily until 2000, but from June 2001 to 2007, it was published weekly. Today it is published daily. From 1956 to 1965, a literary supplement of the newspaper called ''Ararad Kragan'' was also published. It was a literal monthly edited by Hakob Noruni.(in Armenian) ''SDHP press (1887-1992)'', Beirut, by A. Der-Khachadourian, 1992 - pp. 18-20

References

External links

Official website
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