Al-Rai Al-Aam Explained

Al-Rayaam الرأي العام
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Broadsheet
Foundation:	March 15, 1945
Publisher:	Ali Ismail Al Atabani
Editor:	Kamal Hassan Bakhiet
Political:	Independent
Language:	Arabic
Price:	SDG 0.50 Sudan SAR 2 Saudi Arabia
Headquarters:	Khartoum
Website:	www.Rayaam.info

Al-Rayaam (also transliterated as Al-Rae Al-Aam,^[1] Al-Rai Al-Aam,^[2] and Al-Ra'y al-Amm) (Arabic: الرأي العام meaning Public Opinion) is the oldest newspaper in Sudan. It was founded on March 15, 1945, by Ismail Al Atabani. As of 2011, it had a daily circulation of about 18,000.

It is an Islamist paper and had strong links to the government of Omar al-Bashir, but also employed columnists who were anti-government.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Online Journals from the Middle East, primarily in Arabic. 2020-10-16. Yale University Library.
2. Encyclopedia: Shinn. David H.. Information Media. Berry. LaVerle. Sudan: a country study. 2015. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 978-0-8444-0750-0. 5th. Washington, D.C.. 271–275. . Though published in 2015, this work covers events in the whole of Sudan (including present-day South Sudan) until the 2011 secession of South Sudan..