 "al-Alam: Tongue of the Istiqlal Party" | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-chief | Omar Al Darkoli |
| Founded | 1946; 78 years ago (1946) |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Rabat |
| Sister newspapers | L'Opinion |
| Website | Al Alam |
Al-Alam (Arabic: 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 publishes L'Opinion.
During the mid-1970s, the paper was frequently banned by the Moroccan authorities together with its sister publication, L'Opinion, and Al Muharrir, another opposition paper.
The 2001 circulation of Al Alam was 100,000 copies, making it the second largest daily in the country. The circulation had fallen to 18,000 copies in 2003.
See also
References
- ^ Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- Valérie K. Orlando (2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3.
- "Media landscape. Morocco". Menasset. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ Moha Ennaji (2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-387-23979-8.
- ^ William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport: Praeger. p. 98. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- Loubna H. Skalli (2011). "Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media". Gender & Society. 25 (475): 473–495. doi:10.1177/0891243211411051. S2CID 145483355.
- Mohammed Ibahrine (2005). "The Internet and Politics in Morocco" (PDF). Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Archived from the original (PhD Thesis) on 17 October 2014.
- Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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