Al-Alam Explained

Al-Alam
العَلـــم
Type:Daily newspaper
Chiefeditor:Omar Al Darkoli
Language:Arabic
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.[1] [2] The paper, based in Rabat,[3] is the organ of the nationalist Istiqlal party.[4] [5] [6] The party also publishes L'Opinion.[4]

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.[7]

The 2001 circulation of Al Alam was 100,000 copies, making it the second largest daily in the country.[8] The circulation had fallen to 18,000 copies in 2003.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Thomas K. Park. Aomar Boum. Historical Dictionary of Morocco. 2006. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6511-2. 243.
  2. Book: Valérie K. Orlando. Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. 2009. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-0-230-62259-3. 135.
  3. Web site: Media landscape. Morocco. Menasset. 9 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015190305/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Fmedia-landscape%2Fmedia-landscape-11. 15 October 2014. dead.
  4. Book: Moha Ennaji. Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. 2005. Springer. 978-0-387-23979-8. 103.
  5. Book: Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. 2004. Praeger. Westport. 98. William A. Rugh. 24 August 2017. 20 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140220014222/http://www.questia.com/read/106715533/arab-mass-media-newspapers-radio-and-television. dead.
  6. Loubna H. Skalli. Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media. Gender & Society. 2011. 25. 475. 473–495. 10.1177/0891243211411051. 145483355 .
  7. Web site: Mohammed Ibahrine. The Internet and Politics in Morocco. University of Hamburg. Hamburg. PhD Thesis. 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017044810/https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/binary/RR3VHQ5RK75XZGUDUWUW4I75G6FVLXRE/full/1.pdf. 17 October 2014. dead.
  8. http://www.pressreference.com/Ma-No/Morocco.html Morocco Press