Libération (Morocco) Explained

Libération
Type:	Daily newspaper
Founder:	Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Language:	French
Sister Newspapers:	Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki
Website:	http://www.libe.ma/

Libération is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper.

History and profile

Libération was established in 1964.^[1] The paper is the media outlet of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party.^[2] It is based in Casablanca^[3] and is the sister publication of the Arabic language newspaper Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki.^{[4] [5]}

The circulation of the paper plummeted from 60,000 copies in 2001^[1] to 5,000 copies in 2003.^[6]

See also

• List of newspapers in Morocco

External links

• Official Site (in French)

Notes and References

1. http://www.pressreference.com/Ma-No/Morocco.html Morocco Press
2. Gilles Kraemer, La presse francophone en Méditerranée: Regain et perspectives, Maisonneuve et Larose, 2001, p. 24
3. Web site: Media landscape. Morocco. Menasset. 9 October 2014.
4. Book: Valérie K. Orlando. Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. 2009. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-0-230-62259-3. 135.
5. Book: Moha Ennaji. Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. 2005. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-0-387-23979-8. 103.
6. Book: William A. Rugh. Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-275-98212-6. 103.