''L'Opinion'' is a daily

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Moroccan

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History and profile

''L'Opinion'' was established in 1965. The daily is the organ of the

Istiqlal Party The Istiqlal Party ( ar, حزب الإستقلال, translit=Ḥizb Al-Istiqlāl, lit=Independence Party; french: Parti Istiqlal; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ) is a political party in Morocco. It is a conservative and ...

. It is the sister publication of the

Arabic-language Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

newspaper ''

Al-Alam ''Al-Alam'' ( ar, العَلم, lit=The Flag) is an arabophone Moroccan daily newspaper. History and profile ''Al Alam'' was founded in September 1946. The paper, based in Rabat, is the organ of the nationalist Istiqlal party. The party also p ...

'' and is based in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

. During the mid-1970s the paper was frequently banned by the Moroccan authorities together with its sister publication, ''Al Alam'', and ''

Al Muharrir ''Al Muharrir'' (; ''the Liberator'' or ''the Editor'') was an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Morocco. It was in circulation between December 1974 and June 1981. History and profile ''Al Muharrir'' was first published in December 1 ...

'', another oppositional paper. From 1977 to 1992 Aicha Mekki reported on crime for the paper. The 2001 circulation of the paper was 60,000 copies.Morocco Press
''Press Reference''. Retrieved 21 January 2013. It was 70,000 copies in 2003, making it the second most read paper in the country.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Opinion, L' 1965 establishments in Morocco Publications established in 1965 French-language newspapers published in Morocco Newspapers published in Morocco Socialist newspapers Mass media in Rabat