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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Publisher | Akhbar Beirut |
| Founded | 1938, new version 2006 |
| Headquarters | Rue Verdun Beirut  Lebanon |
| Website | Al Akhbar |
Al Akhbar (Template:Lang-ar, literally "The News") is a daily Arabic language newspaper published in Beirut. Recently, it also started an English version published on the Internet. The newspaper is pro-Hezbollah and affiliated with the March 8 alliance while also supporting gay rights and feminism, and opposing neoliberal economic policies.
History
The newspaper started printing and distribution in July 2006. It was established by Joseph Samaha and Ibrahim El Ameen. In December 2010, Al Akhbar received and published an advance copy of the US State Department cables by Wikileaks, after which the newspaper's website was hacked.
Orientation
Al-Akhbar defines its political orientation as progressive, affiliated with the general popular political stream working for independence, freedom, anti-war, anti-occupation and social justice in Lebanon and around the world. It The paper has published articles involving women's rights and gay rights.
The American media variously classifies the paper as being pro-Hezbollah to "left-wing". Ibrahim al Amine, editorial chairman of Al Akhbar, says the paper is intended for “the U.S. ambassador to wake up in the morning, read it and get upset.” The former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Jeffrey Feltman, said that the paper did get his attention, but not in the way that al Amine had hoped. In a letter to the New York Times, Feltman said: "Mr. Amine did get my attention, but not in the way he intended. The hilariously erroneous accounts of my activities reported as fact in his newspaper provoked morning belly laughs." The New York Times has criticized it for 'too much reliance on single sources, and news pages that often show a loose mingling of fact, rumor and opinion." NYTimes also claims it is pro-Syrian.
References
- ^ About Al-Akhbar
- A source of condemnation, not pride. Tariq Alhomayed. Ashraq Alawsat.
- Michael J. Totten. The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, The Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranain War Against Israel. Encounter Books, 2011. p.245
- Hamadeh denounces Al-Akhbar threats against his life. JANUARY 22, 2013. YaLibnan
- ^ Rarity in Region, Lebanese Paper Dares to Provoke New York Times, 28 December 2010
- Lebanese paper's website attacked over WikiLeaks The Associated Press, 9 December 2010
- http://al-akhbar.com/ar/node/817
- "About Us". Al Akbar. Retrieved 27/01/2013.
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- خاص بمناسبة مئويّة اليوم العالمي للمرأة: نصف العالم أنـصاف مواطنات Al Akhbar, 8 March 2010
- ماذا لو كان ابني مثلياً؟ Al Akhbar, 20 June 2009
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/world/middleeast/29beirut.html
- The Wall Street Journal, 2 December 2010
- "Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War (3)" (Inquiry and Analysis Series Report No.302). MEMRI. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ELLIS, CORY (2012). "IN THE NAME OF MUQAWAMA: THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HEZBOLLAH'S SUPPORT FOR THE ASSAD REGIME" (PDF). THE INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
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- http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/syrian-version-of-annan-talks-not-hopeful/
External links
- Official website (Arabic)
- Official website (English)
- Rarity in Region, Lebanese Paper Dares to Provoke (New York Times)