Al Liwaa
{{Short description|Lebanese daily newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
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| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
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| founder = Abed Al Ghani Salem
| publisher = Dar Al Liwaa for Press and Publishing
| editor =
| chiefeditor = Salah Salem
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1963}}
| political =
| language = Arabic
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| headquarters = Beirut
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| website = [http://www.aliwaa.com.lb/ Al Liwaa]
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Al Liwaa ({{Langx|ar|اللواء|lit=The Flag}}) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Lebanon and headquartered in Beirut.{{cite web|title=Al Liwaa|url=http://www.mediagate.me/online-directory/print-media-newspapers/al-liwaa|work=Media Gate|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926230838/http://www.mediagate.me/online-directory/print-media-newspapers/al-liwaa|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Lebanon Press|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Ky-Ma/Lebanon.html|work=Press Reference|access-date=27 September 2013}} It is one of the leading Arabic dailies in the country.{{cite book|author=Paul Doyle
|title=Lebanon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzsRk0hvb_MC&pg=PA77|year=2012|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-370-2
|page=77}} In addition, it is one of the oldest publications in Lebanon.
History and profile
Al Liwaa was founded in 1963.{{cite book|title=Europa World Year|year=2004|location=London; New York|page=2614
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA2614|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=978-1-85743-255-8}} The publisher of the paper is Dar Al Liwaa for Press and Publishing which was founded by Abed Al Ghani Salem.{{cite web|title=Media Landscape|work=Menassat
|url=http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/media-landscape/media-landscape-8|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=dead|access-date=22 September 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122703/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Fmedia-landscape%2Fmedia-landscape-8}}{{cite web|title=Al Liwaa Newspaper |url=http://www.knowledgeview.com/node/254|work=KnowledgeView|access-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208150258/http://www.knowledgeview.com/node/254|archive-date=8 February 2015}} As of 2013 Salah Salem was the editor-in-chief of the daily.{{cite news|title=Baalbaki resigns as Press Federation head at age 92
|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Sep-10/230649-baalbaki-resigns-as-press-federation-head-at-age-92.ashx#axzz2fbOkk9Mr
|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=10 September 2013|author=Dahlia Nehme|location=Beirut}} The daily had a pro-March 14 alliance stance.{{cite news|title=Future Movement undergoing 'structural reorganization'|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182251437.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610083342/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182251437.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014
|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=5 August 2008|author=Dalila Mahdawi|location=Beirut}} It is published in broadsheet format.{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|work=World Association of Newspapers|access-date=8 February 2015|location=Paris|year=2004}}
Distribution and circulation
Al Liwaa is distributed across both Arab countries such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, and in European countries, including France, Britain, Greece, Portugal, and Spain. The paper sold 26,000 copies in 2003.
Charges and attacks
In 1996, Al Liwaa was charged by the government with defaming the president and prime minister, and publishing materials deemed provocative to one religious sect.{{cite book|title=Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics|year=2004|publisher=Praeger|location=Westport|page=98|author=William A. Rugh|isbn=978-0313361623}} In July 2003, Amer Mashmoushi, a journalist for the daily, was charged with insulting the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud.{{cite news|title=Authorities sue journalist for insulting president|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014|agency=Associated Press
|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-75707624.html|date=22 July 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610083344/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-75707624.html}}
In July 2010, Hossam Al Hassan, a journalist for Al Liwaa, was attacked while reporting at the funeral of Sheikh Adel Abu Shanab Tinal at Tenal mosque in Tripoli.{{cite web|title=Al Liwaa Journalist attacked in Tripoli|work=Ya Libnan
|url=http://www.yalibnan.com/2010/07/19/al-liwaa-journalist-attacked-in-tripoli/|date=19 July 2010}} Upon this event the paper accused Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah for the incident in an editorial.
In November 2017, the newspaper published an image of Gal Gadot on its front page, claiming she was Collette Vianfi, supposedly an Israeli agent who was said to recruit and work with the Lebanese actor and playwright Ziad Itani. It was later stated that it had been the result of an internal error.[https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanese-paper-outs-gal-gadot-as-a-mossad-agent/ Lebanese paper uses photo of Gal Gadot for tale of ‘Mossad agent,’ apologizes] The Times of Israel. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
==See also==
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.aliwaa.com.lb/}}
{{Newspapers in Lebanon |state=collapsed}}
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Category:1963 establishments in Lebanon
Category:Arabic-language newspapers
Category:Daily newspapers published in Lebanon