L'Opinion
{{about|the Moroccan newspaper|the French newspaper|L'Opinion (French newspaper)}}
{{Short description|Moroccan newspaper}}
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| type = Daily newspaper
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| founder = Istiqlal Party
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| chiefeditor = Jamal Hajjam
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| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1965}}
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| language = French
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| headquarters = Rabat
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| sister newspapers = Al-Alam
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| website = {{URL|https://www.lopinion.ma}}
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L'Opinion is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper.
It is considered the official paper of the Istiqlal Party.
History and profile
L'Opinion was established in 1965.{{cite book|author=William A. Rugh|title=Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGfbluSa4N8C&pg=PA103|accessdate=9 September 2014|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-98212-6|page=103}} The daily is the organ of the conservative and monarchist Istiqlal Party.{{cite book|author=Moha Ennaji|title=Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXsF7fT318QC&pg=PA103|accessdate=18 January 2014|date=20 January 2005|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-387-23979-8|page=103}} It is the sister publication of the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Alam{{cite book|author=Valérie K. Orlando|title=Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbHFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|accessdate=18 January 2014|date=23 June 2009|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-62259-3|page=135}}{{cite book|author1=Thomas K. Park|author2=Aomar Boum|title=Historical Dictionary of Morocco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KiCl5-MxMMC&pg=PA359|accessdate=7 October 2014|date=16 January 2006|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6511-2|page=243}} and is based in Rabat.{{cite web|title=Media landscape. Morocco|url=http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/media-landscape/media-landscape-11|publisher=Menasset|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015190305/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Fmedia-landscape%2Fmedia-landscape-11|url-status=dead}}
During the mid-1970s, the paper was frequently banned by the Moroccan authorities together with its sister publication, Al Alam, and Al Muharrir, another opposition paper.{{cite web|author1=Mohammed Ibahrine|title=The Internet and Politics in Morocco|url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/binary/RR3VHQ5RK75XZGUDUWUW4I75G6FVLXRE/full/1.pdf|publisher=University of Hamburg|accessdate=10 October 2014|location=Hamburg|format=PhD Thesis|year=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017044810/https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/binary/RR3VHQ5RK75XZGUDUWUW4I75G6FVLXRE/full/1.pdf|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=dead}} From 1977 to 1992, Aicha Mekki reported on crime for the paper.{{Cite book|last=Smolin|first=Jonathan|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075|title=Dictionary of African Biography|date=2012-01-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|editor-last=Akyeampong|editor-first=Emmanuel K.|edition=1|location=|pages=|language=en|chapter=Mekki, Aicha|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001|editor-last2=Gates|editor-first2=Henry Louis}}
The 2001 circulation of the paper was 60,000 copies.[http://www.pressreference.com/Ma-No/Morocco.html Morocco Press] Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013. It was 70,000 copies in 2003, making it the second most read paper in the country.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.lopinion.ma}}
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Category:1965 establishments in Morocco
Category:Centre-right newspapers
Category:French-language newspapers published in Morocco