Al Ahdath Al Maghribia Explained

Al Ahdath Al Maghribia الأحداث المغربية
Type:	Daily newspaper
Publisher:	Entreprise Maghrebine de Médias
Chiefeditor:	Mokhtar Laghzioui
Political:	Independent Socialist
Language:	Arabic
Headquarters:	Casablanca
Website:	http://www.ahdath.info/

Al Ahdath Al Maghribia (Arabic: الأحداث المغربية, "The Moroccan News")^[1] is a daily Moroccan tabloid.

History and profile

Al Ahdath Al Maghribia was established by Mohammad Brini^[2] and other socialist dissidents in 1999.^{[3] [4]} The publisher is Entreprise Maghrebine de Médias.^[5]

The newspaper's editor is Mokhtar Laghzioui and it is headquartered in Casablanca.^[6]

Although the paper has an independent socialist political leaning, it is close to the Socialist Union of Popular Forces.^[7] The paper is based in Casablanca.^[8]

As of June 2012 Mokhtar Laghzioui was the editor-in-chief of the daily.^[9]

The newspaper is controversial for pioneering many genres of stories not pursued before by other newspapers. It is both high and low brow, offering articles on both philosophy and personal advice columns. It has a sensational style and has been threatened by some for violating social norms.

The 2003 circulation of the paper was 80,000 copies, making it the most read newspaper in the country.^[4]

External links

• Al Ahdath website
• Presse Maroc - جريدة إلكترونية مغربية

Notes and References

1. In Democracy's Shadow: The 'New' Independent Press and the Limits of Media Reform in Morocco . Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture . 2009 . 6 . 1 . 21 January 2014 . Aziz Douai . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032844/http://www.westminster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/19988/WPCC-Vol6-No1-Aziz_Douai.pdf . 27 February 2012 .
2. Book: Thomas K. Park. Aomar Boum. Historical Dictionary of Morocco. 2006. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6511-2. 243.
3. Book: Marvine Howe. Morocco : The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges. 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-534698-5. 240.
4. Book: William A. Rugh. Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-275-98212-6. 103.
5. Web site: Licensed Content Sources . SyndiGate . 10 October 2014 . 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019105725/http://www.syndigate.info/licensed-content-source?sources_lang=&sources_type=&sources_country=Morocco&submit-sources=Filter . 19 October 2014 .
6. http://www.kidon.com/media-link/ma.php Morocco: Newspapers
7. http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/newspaysv2.php?id=117 Morocco
8. 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.
9. News: Imam says newspaper editor "must be killed" for calling for individual rights for Moroccan people. Maghreb Christians. 4 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015184142/http://www.maghrebchristians.com/2012/07/04/morocco-imam-says-newspaper-editor-must-be-killed-for-calling-for-individual-rights-for-moroccan-people/. 15 October 2014. dead.