| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Socialist Union of Popular Forces |
| Publisher | Socialist Union of Popular Forces |
| Founded | 1983; 41 years ago (1983) |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Casablanca |
| Sister newspapers | Libération |
Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي meaning The Socialist Union) is a daily Moroccan Arabophone newspaper.
History and profile
Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki was first published in May 1983. It is the successor to Al Muharrir (The Editor in English) which was shut down in June 1981.
The paper is the organ of Morocco's Socialist Union of Popular Forces political party. Its sister paper is the francophone newspaper Libération. Mohammad Brini served as the director of Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki which is based in Casablanca.
The 2001 circulation of the paper was 110,000 copies, making it the largest daily in Morocco. The circulation dropped to 65,000 copies in 2003.
During the war in Iraq, Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki added "No War" in English to the banner of each page that covered Iraq-oriented news.
See also
References
- ^ William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport: Praeger. p. 98. ISBN 9780275982126.
- ^ Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- Morocco Archived 16 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Arab Press Network. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- 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.
- ^ Valérie K. Orlando (2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3.
- Moha Ennaji (2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-387-23979-8.
- Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- "Media landscape. Morocco". Menassat. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- Dale F. Eickelman. "2 New media in the Arab Middle East and the emergence of open societies" (PDF). In Robert W. Hefner (ed.). Remaking Muslim Politics. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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