Al-Arab

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| name = Al-Arab
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| motto = {{lang|ar|العرب لكل العرب}}
"Al-Arab for all Arabs"

| type = Morning daily newspaper

| foundation = {{start date and age|1977}}

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| owners = Ahmad Al Houni

| publisher = Arab World Foundation for Press and Publication

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| language = Arabic

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| headquarters = London, England

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| website = {{URL|https://alarab.co.uk/}}
{{URL|https://thearabweekly.com/}}

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Al-Arab or Alarab ({{langx|ar|العرب}} meaning The Arabs) is a pan-Arab newspaper published from London, England,{{cite web|title=London-based Newspaper Al Arab Focuses on EFE's Work Helping Youth to Meet the Needs of the Labor Market|url=http://efe.org/news/item/386-london-based-newspaper-al-arab-focuses-on-efe-s-work-helping-youth-to-meet-the-needs-of-the-labor-market|publisher=Education for Employment|access-date=8 September 2014|date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908160009/http://efe.org/news/item/386-london-based-newspaper-al-arab-focuses-on-efe-s-work-helping-youth-to-meet-the-needs-of-the-labor-market|archive-date=8 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and sold in a number of countries.

History and profile

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The paper was launched in London on 1 June 1977,{{cite web| url=https://thearabweekly.com/al-arab-newspaper-celebrates-10000th-issue|title=Al-Arab newspaper celebrates 10,000th issue|work=The Arab Weekly|date=21 August 2015|access-date=16 December 2018|author=El-Shafey, Mahmud}} as a secular pan-Arab daily.{{cite web|url=https://en.qantara.de/content/turkish-exiles-news-portal-ahval-hardly-politically-neutral|title=Turkish exiles′ news portal "Ahval": Hardly politically neutral| publisher=Qantara.de|date=16 January 2018|access-date=16 December 2018|author=Croitoru, Joseph}} Ahmed el-Houni, a former Libyan minister of information, was the owner and editor-in-chief of the daily.[http://carnegieendowment.org/files/New_Chart.pdf Largest-Circulation Arabic Newspapers] Carnegie Endowment. Retrieved 8 September 2014. Al-Arab sometimes reflected official Libyan government views and was run, as of 2004, by the Hounis as a family business, producing 10,000 copies that were also being printed in Tunisia and distributed throughout the Arab world, with the exception of some countries where it was banned.{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGfbluSa4N8C|title=Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|author=Rugh, William A.|year=2004|isbn=9780275982126|pages=172–173}} It has undergone a series of expansions over the years, which included the launching of sister publications such as the magazine Al-Jadid and The Arab Weekly.

Its 10,000th issue, consisting of 24 pages, was published on 7 August 2015 and featured Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the New Suez Canal on its front page. The Al-Arab media organization also helped fund Ahval, a news website launched by Yavuz Baydar, a Turkish journalist who left Turkey following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. Qantara.de suspects Al-Arab and the government of the United Arab Emirates of influencing the creation of Ahval's Arabic language service.

Notes and references

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180303015056/http://www.alarabonline.org/ Al Arab Online] - official webpage, Arabic
{{Official website|https://alarab.co.uk/}}

Category:1977 establishments in the United Kingdom

Category:Arabic-language newspapers

Category:Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom

Category:Newspapers established in 1977

Category:Newspapers published in London