''Al-Madina'' ( ar, المدينة) is an Arabic local
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
, printed weekly in
tabloid format, published and distributed for free in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
History
''Al-Madina'' appears in two editions. One edition is published in
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
and distributed in the north of Israel in 15,000 copies since 2004. Its editor-in-chief is Firas Khatib. Until 2006, the editor-in-chief was
Ala Hlehel
Ala Hlehel (born 1974) is a Palestinian writer. He was born in Jesh, Galilee. He studied at the University of Haifa, and went on to work in both print and broadcast media in Haifa. Trained as a scriptwriter in Tel Aviv, he has written stage plays ...
, an Arab-Israeli writer and two-time winner of the
A. M. Qattan Foundation
The A. M. Qattan Foundation is a not-for-profit developmental organisation based in Ramallah, West Bank, State of Palestine, Palestine.
It was founded in 1993 by the Palestinian businessman and politician Abdel Mohsin Al-Qattan. The chairman is h ...
Literature Awards. The other
edition is published in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, with 12,000 copies distributed throughout central Israel since 2006. The editor-in-chief is
Ghaleb Kiwan, who is also a news reporter for Arabic-language broadcasts on the Israeli cable provider
HOT
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*Hot, a wine tasting descriptor
Places
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**Hot subdistrict, a sub-district of Hot Distric ...
.
Arab-Israelis and War
Kishkushim
In addition to international, national and local news coverage, the paper publishes opinion pieces and articles on health, sports, arts and culture.
See also
*Newspapers in Israel Newspapers in Israel are mostly in Hebrew, but there are also newspapers catering to Arabic speakers, and newspapers catering to immigrants speaking a variety of languages, such as Russian, English and French. In 2022, a TGI survey indicated that ...
*Palestinians
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*Arab citizens of Israel
The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...
References
External links
Official website
Arab Israeli culture in Haifa
Arabic-language newspapers published in Israel
Weekly newspapers published in Israel
Newspapers established in 2004
Mass media in Tel Aviv
Mass media in Haifa
2004 establishments in Israel
Free newspapers
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