Al-Ayyam (Palestine)

For other uses, see Al-Ayyam (disambiguation).

Al Ayyam
الأيـــام
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Owner(s)Akram Haniyya
Editor-in-chiefAkram Haniyya
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Political alignmentPro-government
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersRamallah
Websitehttp://www.al-ayyam.ps

Al Ayyam (in Arabic الأيام; The Days) is a newspaper, based in Ramallah, Palestine.

History and profile

Al Ayyam was established in 1995, and it is the second-largest circulation daily newspaper in Palestine.[1] Although it is an independent publication,[2] it is considered to be a pro-government[1]and pro-Fatah paper,[3] and is funded by the Palestinian Authority.[4]

In February 2008, a Hamas-controlled court banned the distribution of Al Ayyam in the Gaza Strip after the newspaper published a cartoon that ridiculed Hamas legislators and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. The editor of the paper Akram Haniyeh and the offending cartoonist were sentenced to prison terms in absentia. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned the court action.[4] As part of a unity deal between Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization in May 2014, Al Ayyam returned to distribution in Gaza.[5]

According to former employees, the paper sold a few thousand copies each day in the West Bank.[4]

As of 2010 its editor-in-chief was Akram Haniyya.[6] Rima Nazzal is among the contributors of the paper.[7]

Notable writers

References

  1. ^ a b "The Palestinian Press". BBC.
  2. ^ "Palestine". The Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Middle East press uncertain on Palestinian unity deal". BBC. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Abu Toameh, Khaled (10 February 2008). "Hamas cartoon prompts paper to close". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Hamas daily resumes sale in West Bank after unity deal". Al-Ahram. AFP. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Arab Media Review" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. July–December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Rima Nazzal". all4palestine.org. Retrieved 16 June 2023.


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