Tishreen (newspaper) explained

Tishreen
Type:Daily newspaper
Owner:Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Founder:Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing
Publisher:Al Wahda institution
Chiefeditor:Youshra Al Masry
Political:Ba'athism
Language:Arabic
Headquarters:Damascus
Publishing Country:Syria
Website:Tishreen

Tishreen (Arabic: تشرين|Tishrīn|October) is one of the state-owned Arabic daily newspapers published in Syria.[1] [2] The daily is based in Damascus and has been in circulation since 1975.[3] Tishreen was named after the Yom Kippur War in October 1973.[4]

History and profile

Tishreen was first published in October 1975.[5] It is a state-owned publication in addition to two other state-owned dailies, namely Al Baath and Al Thawra, which were launched earlier.[6] Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing is the former publisher of the daily.[6] The company also published Syria Times, a defunct English daily and a current e-newspaper.[6] Later Al Wahda institution became the publisher of both publications in addition to Al Thawra.[7]

Content and editors

One of the interviews published in Tishreen was with Nimr Saleh, a dissident member of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1983.[8] The paper published a poem by Najah Al Attar, culture minister, which was written after the death of Hafez Assad's mother, Naisa Assad, in 1993.[9] Mohammad Kheir Al Wadi, then editor-in-chief, wrote in January 2000 "Zionism created the Holocaust myth to blackmail and terrorize the world's intellectuals and politicians."[10] By 2004 the paper became a platform to support the charities in the country along with Al Thawra.[11] Although the daily is owned by the state, it had a critical stance on local news, especially in regard to corruption and mismanagement in 2012.[12]

As of 2005 the editor-in-chief was Khalaf Al Jarrad[13] who was appointed by Hafez Assad to the post in July 2001.[14] Samira Al Masalmeh was named as the editor-in-chief of Tishreen in January 2012.[15] She is the first female editor-in-chief in the country.[15] Then Youshra Al Masry was named as its editor-in-chief.[16]

Readership and circulation

In 1997, Tishreen launched its website.[17] The paper also has an English news portal, Syria Millennium, which is accessed through its website.[18] In 1992 the paper sold 75,000 copies.[3] Daily circulation of Tishreen was nearly 60,000 in the mid-2000s.[6] The paper's online version was the 48ht most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[19]

Incidents

The website of Tishreen was hacked by unknown groups in late April 2011.[20] In December 2012, Naji Assaad, a journalist for the daily, was assassinated in Damascus allegedly by opposition forces who have been fighting against the Assad government since 2011.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Judith Pies. Philip Madanat. Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria. MediaAct. June 2011. 10. 10.17877/DE290R-3203.
  2. Book: David Commins. David W. Lesch. Historical Dictionary of Syria. 2013. David Commins. David W. Lesch. 3rd. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7966-9. 253. Plymouth.
  3. Book: Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Greenwood Press. 1994. Westport, CT. 265. https://books.google.com/books?id=F0ViAAAAMAAJ. Arvind Singhal. Vijay Krishna. Yahya R. Kamalipour. Hamid Mowlana. Syria. 9780313285356.
  4. Book: Miriam Cooke. Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official. Miriam Cooke. 2007. Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-4035-5. 8. Durham, NC.
  5. Web site: Salam Kawakibi. The Private Media in Syria. University of Amsterdam and Hivos. 16 September 2014. 2010.
  6. Book: Alan George. Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. London; New York. 2003. Zed Books. 978-1-84277-213-3. 125.
  7. News: Syria's Pavilion Best at Tehran's International Exhibition of the Press and News Agencies. Syrian Arab News Agency. 3 October 2013. 3 November 2011.
  8. News: Clashes between rival factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization. 3 November 2023. 3 July 1983 . United Press International.
  9. Book: Lisa Wedeen. Lisa Wedeen. Ambiguities of Domination Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria. 2015. 58. University of Chicago Press. Chicago; London. 9780226345536.
  10. Web site: Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger. IPFW. 6 October 2013. Robert S. Wistrich.
  11. Book: Civil Society and the State in Syria: The Outsourcing of Social Responsibility. 2012. 978-0-9559687-9-2. Laura Ruiz de Elvira. Tina Zintl. State-Charities Relations in Syria: between Reinforcement, Control and Coercion. University of St Andrews Centre for Syrian Studies. https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/syria/article/view/1460/1105.
  12. Web site: dead. 25 August 2012. Syria. The Arab Press Network. 2 October 2013. dmy-all. https://web.archive.org/web/20120825124135/http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/newspaysv2.php?id=138.
  13. Shmuel Bar. 5. 353–445. Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview. Comparative Strategy. 2006. 25. 10.1080/01495930601105412. 154739379.
  14. Gary C. Gambill. The Political Obstacles to Economic Reform in Syria. Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. July 2001. 3. 7.
  15. Web site: The Norwegian Embassy meets Tishreen newspaper's female editor-in-chief. Norwegian Embassy. 2 October 2013. 16 February 2012.
  16. Web site: الصحيفة. tishreen.news.sy. 12 November 2023 . ar.
  17. Alan George. Syrian Surfers Take to the Net. The Middle East. October 2000.
  18. News: Syria Millennium. 2 October 2013. Tishreen.
  19. News: Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10. 11 September 2014. Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010.
  20. Book: Samar Yazbek. A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution. Haus Publishing. 2012. 978-1-908323-14-9. London. 45.
  21. News: Pro-government newspaper journalist killed in Syria. 2 October 2013. Doha Centre for Media Freedom. 5 December 2012.

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