Al Anbaa is a newspaper based in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 1951 the print edition of the paper ceased publication in 2012. Since then it has been published as an online newspaper.
| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Kamal Jumblatt |
| Founded | 15 March 1951 |
| Political alignment | Socialist |
| Language | Arabic |
| Ceased publication | 2012 (print) |
| Headquarters | Beirut |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Website | Al Anbaa |
History and profile
editAl Anbaa was established by Kamal Jumblatt, and the first issue appeared on 15 March 1951.[1][2] As of 2008 the publisher and director-in-charge was Aziz El Metni who survived an arson attack in Qornet Shehwan on 19 January 2008.[3][4] As of 2010 the editor-in-chief was Rami Hassib Rayess who was also a senior media officer at the Progressive Socialist Party.[1][5]
The paper is close to the Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party.[3][6][7] Jumblatt publishes editorials in the paper.[8] His father and the founder of the paper, Kamal Jumblatt, also regularly published articles in Al Anbaa.[9] Some of them contained harsh criticisms against President Bechara El Khoury in the early 1950s.[9] For instance, he argued in an article that Bechara El Khoury and his family were like an "octopus with three heads: injustice, corruption and vanity."[10] Following the publication of his articles dated 30 May 1952 in which he attacked the Lebanese regime this issue of Al Anbaa was confiscated by the government.[11]
Al Anbaa also attacked the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in the early 1950s.[12] The paper was critical of Syrian ruler, Hafez Assad, and Kataeb Party in the 1970s.[13] It was a weekly print newspaper until 2012 when it became an online-only publication.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rami Hassib Rayess (November 2018). The Lebanese National Movement (LNM) Political Reform Program: An Assessment (MA thesis). American University of Beirut. p. viii. hdl:10938/21567.
- ^ "Timeline. Al Anba'". Kamal Jumblatt Digital Library. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b c "Newspaper publisher's car torched in intimidation attempt". Reporters Without Borders. 23 January 2008.
- ^ "Lebanon: Newspaper director's car set on fire". Committee to Protect Journalists. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Sarah El-Richani (2016). The Lebanese Media: Anatomy of a System in Perpetual Crisis. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-137-60183-4.
- ^ "The Latest: First death reported in Lebanon's protests". Associated Press. Beirut. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Rabah Makram Rabah (2020). Conflict on Mount Lebanon: The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-4744-7420-7.
- ^ "Jumblatt to Al Anbaa: To Start War against Corruption in all Institutions". National News Agency. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ a b Jens Hanssen; Hicham Safieddine (Spring 2016). "Lebanon's al-Akhbar and Radical Press Culture: Toward an Intellectual History of the Contemporary Arab Left". The Arab Studies Journal. 24 (1): 201. JSTOR 44746852.
- ^ Eyal Zisser (1994). "The Downfall of the Khuri Administration: A Dubious Revolution". Middle Eastern Studies. 30 (3): 505. JSTOR 4283654.
- ^ J. L. (April 1953). "Peaceful Change in the Lebanon: The 'Rose-Water' Revolution". The World Today. 9 (4): 164. JSTOR 40392618.
- ^ Carl C. Yonker (2021). The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria: A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter. p. 205. ISBN 978-3-11-072914-6.
- ^ Lianne P. Elise Wood-Vostermans (2020). Debating 'Religious Violence' in Lebanon: A Comparative Perspective on the Mobilisation of Religious and Secular Militias during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) (PhD thesis). Durham University.