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An-Nahar (Arabic: النهار, lit. 'The Day or The Morning') is a leading Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Lebanon . In the 1980s, An-Nahar was described by The New York Times and Time Magazine as the newspaper of record for the entire Arab world.
Hadiqat al-Akhbar (The News Garden in English) is the first daily newspaper of Lebanon which was launched in 1858. [1] From 1858 to 1958 there were nearly 200 newspapers in the country. [2] Prior to 1963 the number of newspapers was more than 400. [3] However, the number reduced to 53 due to the 1963 press law. [3] [4]
Because of his political views, Tueni lived in exile for a while in Paris. Returning to Beirut, he founded the Lebanese newspaper Al Ahrar and in 1933, An Nahar daily newspaper that became the largest circulation daily in Lebanon. [2] He was also among the contributors of the literary magazine Al Adib which was established in 1942. [3]
Gebran Ghassan Tueni (Arabic: جبران تويني ; 15 September 1957 – 12 December 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of daily paper An Nahar, established by his grandfather, also named Gebran Tueni, in 1933. He was assassinated in 2005 [1] as part of a series of assassinations of Syria's critics in ...
In Lebanon the first Arabic journal was an annual review, Majmu fawaid li nukhbat afadil which was first published in 1851. [1] The first political, literary, and scientific magazine, the first children's magazine, and the women's magazine in the country were established in the period between 1870 and 1896. [2]
Samir Kassir (Arabic: سمير قصير; 5 May 1960 – 2 June 2005) was a Lebanese-Palestinian journalist of An-Nahar [1] and professor of history at Saint-Joseph University, [2] who was an advocate of democracy and prominent opponent of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. [1]
In Mount Lebanon Al Anwar was the fifth daily, having 38.4% of the daily circulation, whereas in southern Lebanon it was the third with 15.2% of the daily circulation. [36] Based on the data provided by the DAS research group the daily reported its average net daily sales as 49.043 copies in 2012. [33] The daily sold 6,003 copies in Europe in ...
Samir Kassir, columnist at "An Nahar" newspaper and fierce critic of Syria Beirut Car bomb Syria: Kassir was assassinated using a car bomb in Beirut on 2 June 2005, just a few days after the general elections. [34] June 21, 2005 George Hawi, former chief of the Lebanese Communist Party: Beirut Car bomb Hezbollah