Ad-Diyar

Ad-Diyar (Arabic: الديار‎ meaning The Home) is an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon.

Ad-Diyar
الديار
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherAl-Nahdah Publishing House
Editor-in-chiefCharles Ayoub
Founded1941 (1941)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon
WebsiteOfficial Website

History

Ad Diyar was first published in 1941 as an Arabic political daily[1][2] that is published in broadsheet format.[3]

The editor-in-chief of the paper is Charles Ayoub.[4] Leading Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek worked for the daily.[5]

The circulation of Ad Diyar was 20,000 copies in 2003, making it the third best selling newspaper in Lebanon.[3]

Orientation

The paper is reported to be pro-Syrian.[4][6] In addition, the daily has close ideological links to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP).[1][4] The daily gained significant popularity in 1987 when it publicly criticized the militia leaders.[7]

Ad Diyar was temporarily closed by Michel Aoun, then interim Lebanese prime minister and army commander, in January 1990 due to its clash with Aoun policies.[8] The newspaper resumed publication much later.

References
  1. "Ad Diyar". The Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. "Lebanese media coverage of oil and gas sector" (PDF). SKeyes. August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. "World Press Trends" (PDF). Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. Dajani, Nabil (Summer 2013). "The Myth of Media Freedom in Lebanon" (PDF). Arab Media and Society (18). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  5. Elie Hajj (26 April 2013). "Pierre Sadek Defended the Right to Criticize Until His Dying Breath". Al Monitor. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. Avraham, H. (3 November 2006). "Lebanon Faces Political Crisis in Aftermath of War: Tensions Escalate Between 'March 14 Forces' and Hizbullah, Pro-Syrian Camp" (Inquiry and Analysis Series Report No.299). MEMRI. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  7. Yahya R. Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana (1994). Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Retrieved 9 September 2013.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  8. Ihsan A. Hijazi (19 January 1990). "A Second Newspaper Is Shut by Lebanese General". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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