Al Ahdath Al Maghribia

Al Ahdath Al Maghribia
الأحداث المغربية
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherEntreprise Maghrebine de Médias
Editor-in-chiefMokhtar Laghzioui
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Political alignmentIndependent
Socialist
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCasablanca
Websitehttp://www.ahdath.info/

Al Ahdath Al Maghribia (Arabic: الأحداث المغربية, "The Moroccan News")[1] is a daily Moroccan tabloid.

History and profile

Al Ahdath Al Maghribia was established by Mohammad Brini[2] and other socialist dissidents in 1999.[3][4] The publisher is Entreprise Maghrebine de Médias.[5]

The newspaper's editor is Mokhtar Laghzioui and it is headquartered in Casablanca.[6]

Although the paper has an independent socialist political leaning, it is close to the Socialist Union of Popular Forces.[7] The paper is based in Casablanca.[8]

As of June 2012 Mokhtar Laghzioui was the editor-in-chief of the daily.[9]

The newspaper is controversial for pioneering many genres of stories not pursued before by other newspapers. It is both high and low brow, offering articles on both philosophy and personal advice columns. It has a sensational style and has been threatened by some for violating social norms.[citation needed]

The 2003 circulation of the paper was 80,000 copies, making it the most read newspaper in the country.[4]

References

  1. ^ Aziz Douai (2009). "In Democracy's Shadow: The 'New' Independent Press and the Limits of Media Reform in Morocco" (PDF). Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 6 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
  3. ^ Marvine Howe (2005). Morocco : The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges. Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-19-534698-5.
  4. ^ a b William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.
  5. ^ "Licensed Content Sources". SyndiGate. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ^ Morocco: Newspapers Archived 21 January 2014 at archive.today Kidon. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  7. ^ Morocco Archived 16 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Arab Press Network. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Media landscape. Morocco". Menasset. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Imam says newspaper editor "must be killed" for calling for individual rights for Moroccan people". Maghreb Christians. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014.