''Al-Arab'' or ''Alarab'' ( ar, العرب meaning ''The Arabs'') is a pan-Arab

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published from

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, England, and sold in a number of countries.

History and profile

The paper was launched in London on 1 June 1977, as a secular pan-Arab daily. Ahmed el-Houni, a former

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minister of information, was the owner and editor-in-chief of the daily. ''Al-Arab'' sometimes reflected official Libyan government views and was run, as of 2004, by the Hounis as a family business, producing 10,000 copies that were also being printed in Tunisia and distributed throughout the Arab world, with the exception of some countries where it was banned. It has undergone a series of expansions over the years, which included the launching of sister publications such as the magazine ''Al-Jadid'' and ''The Arab Weekly''. Its 10,000th issue, consisting of 24 pages, was published on 7 August 2015 and featured Egyptian president

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and the

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on its front page. The ''Al-Arab'' media organization also helped fund Ahval, a news website launched by

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, a Turkish journalist who left Turkey following the

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. Qantara.de suspects ''Al-Arab'' and the government of the United Arab Emirates of influencing the creation of Ahval's Arabic language service.

Notes and references

External links

Al Arab Online
- official webpage, Arabic
ALARAB ONLINE
- official webpage, English 1977 establishments in the United Kingdom Arabic-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers established in 1977 Newspapers published in London {{UK-newspaper-stub