Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki Explained

Type:Daily newspaper
Founder:Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Publisher:Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Language:Arabic
Sister Newspapers:Libération

Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي meaning The Socialist Union)[1] is a daily Moroccan Arabophone newspaper.

History and profile

Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki was first published in May 1983.[1] [2] [3] It is the successor to Al Muharrir (The Editor in English) which was shut down in June 1981.[1]

The paper is the organ of Morocco's Socialist Union of Popular Forces political party.[4] [5] Its sister paper is the francophone newspaper Libération.[5] [6] Mohammad Brini served as the director of Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki[7] which is based in Casablanca.[8]

The 2001 circulation of the paper was 110,000 copies, making it the largest daily in Morocco.[2] The circulation dropped to 65,000 copies in 2003.[1]

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.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. 2004. Praeger. Westport. 98. William A. Rugh. 9780275982126.
  2. http://www.pressreference.com/Ma-No/Morocco.html Morocco Press
  3. http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/newspaysv2.php?id=117 Morocco
  4. Loubna H. Skalli. Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media. Gender & Society. 2011. 25. 475. 473–495. 10.1177/0891243211411051. 145483355 .
  5. Book: Valérie K. Orlando. Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. 2009. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-0-230-62259-3. 135.
  6. Book: Moha Ennaji. Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. 2005. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-0-387-23979-8. 103.
  7. Book: Thomas K. Park. Aomar Boum. Historical Dictionary of Morocco. 2006. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6511-2. 243.
  8. Web site: Media landscape. Morocco. Menassat. 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. Book: Remaking Muslim Politics. Princeton University Press. New Jersey. http://cmc-org.com/Home/book/12.pdf#page=52. Dale F. Eickelman. Robert W. Hefner. 23 February 2014. 2 New media in the Arab Middle East and the emergence of open societies. 26 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140226234319/http://cmc-org.com/Home/book/12.pdf#page=52. dead.

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