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Custodianship of the Kaaba in Mecca is a role that concerns the affairs and caretaking of the Kaaba, including renovating it, replacing the kiswah and safeholding the key to the sanctuary. The first officially recorded custodianship of the Kaaba started with the Quraysh after the expulsion of the Khuza'ah from Mecca and is passed down from ...
The Arab newspapers industry started in the early 19th century with the American newspaper Kawkab America.(Arabic: كوكب أميركا, 'Star of America') was an Arabic-language weekly (later daily) newspaper published in New York City, United States, it was the first Arabic-language newspaper in North America; it was founded by Najib Arbeely and Ibrahim Arbeely.
The 2009 Ipsos Stat survey revealed that the paper is the most popular newspaper in Lebanon and one of the five most popular in the Middle East. [9] An-Nahar is the first Arab paper which regularly covers news on environmental issues. [10] Since 1997, the daily contains a daily page for the environment. [10]
Abu Ghabshan (Arabic: أبو غبشان), real name Salim ibn 'Amr al-Khuza'i was a custodian of the Kaaba during pre-Islamic Arabia. He was from the Banu Khuza'ah tribe that was ruling Mecca at the time. Abu Ghabshan held the keys to the Kaaba before they were passed on to the Quraysh.
[2] [3] In fact, the paper was a successor of Al Qibla which was the official gazette of the Kingdom of Hejaz. [4] One of the reasons behind the establishment of Umm Al-Qura was the harsh criticisms of an Egyptian newspaper, Al Muqattam, against Ibn Saud. [5] Ibn Saud started the paper to counterweigh the propaganda of Al Muqattam through the ...
The paper is known to be close to Bahrain's main leftist opposition party, National Democratic Action and its columnists include some of the country's most prominent leftists such as Sameera Rajab and Mahmood Al Gassab, who is a leading member of the Jami'at al-Tajammu' al-Qawmi al-Dimuqrat, one of the four opposition societies to the government.
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Al Arab in its first period has an independent political stance. [3] In 2013, BBC describes it as a pro-government paper. [15]In 2009, Al Arab contributor Samar Al Mogren, a Saudi Arabian novelist and feminist, received death threats due to her article in which she criticized Saudi cleric Mohammed Al Arifi for vilifying Shiites and calling Iraqi Ayatollah Sistani "an Infidel". [16]