Al-Iqtissadiya Explained

Type:Weekly newspaper
Owners:Rami Makhlouf
Political:Pro-government
Language:Arabic
Headquarters:Damascus
Sister Newspapers:Al Watan
Country:Syria
Website:Iqtissadiya

Al Iqtissadiya (Arabic: الاقتصادية; Economy) is a weekly Arabic newspaper published in Syria. The paper is one of the first privately owned publications in Syria.[1] Its sister paper is Al Watan, a daily newspaper.

History and profile

Al Iqtissadiya was launched in June 2001.[2] The owner of the weekly is Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar Assad. The paper, based in Damascus, is published on Sundays. It focuses on financial and business news, including local news, international news, economical research and studies.[3] [4] As of 2012 the paper both exhibited a critical attitude towards slow progress in the economic and social fields and clearly supported the Assad regime's national and foreign policies.[5] In 2005, the editor-in-chief of the paper was Waddah Abed Rabbo.[6]

The weekly was the only Syrian publication that paid adequate tribute to Rafik Hariri, the assassinated prime minister of Lebanon in February 2005.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Syria: Editor comments on publication of first independent political magazine. 21 July 2012. BBC. 11 July 2002.
  2. Book: Alan George. Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. Zed Books. 2003. 978-1-84277-213-3. 129. London; New York.
  3. Web site: Media domain. MAG Advertising. 26 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928162427/http://www.mag-advertising.com/media_domain.html. 28 September 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: Al Iqtissadiya Newspaper. SyriaYP. 21 July 2012.
  5. Web site: Syria. Arab Press Network. 21 July 2012. 25 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120825124135/http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/newspaysv2.php?id=138.
  6. News: Hit List: Syria wants more Lebanese blood. 21 July 2012. Ya Libnan. 1 August 2005. dead. 27 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927124615/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/08/hit_list_syria.php.
  7. Sami Moubayed. Trying times for Damascus. Al Ahram Weekly. 24 February – 2 March 2005. 731 . 12 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130506185618/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/re6.htm. 6 May 2013.