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''Al Thawra'' was first published on 1 July 1963.<ref>{{cite web|author=Salam Kawakibi|title=The Private Media in Syria|url=http://acimedit.be/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-private-media-in-Syria.pdf|publisher=University of Amsterdam and Hivos|accessdate=16 September 2014|year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Dany Badran|title=Democracy and Rhetoric in the Arab World|journal=The Journal of the Middle East and Africa|year=2013|volume=4|issue=1|pages=65–86|doi=10.1080/21520844.2013.772685|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21520844.2013.772685|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref> It is the official newspaper of the Syrian government,<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Judith Pies|author2=Philip Madanat|title=Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria|journal=MediaAct|date=June 2011|issue=10/2011|url=http://www.mediaact.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/WP4/WP4_Syria.pdf|accessdate=30 August 2014}}</ref> and mostly covers governmental initiatives in the social and economic areas.<ref name=apn/> There also other state-owned newspaper, namely ''[[Tishreen]]'', ''[[Al-Baath|Al Baath]]'' and ''[[Syria Times]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ghadbian|first=Najib|title=Contesting the state media monopoly: Syria on Al Jazira Television|journal=Meria|date=Summer 2001|volume=5|issue=2|url=http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2001/06/ghadbian.pdf|accessdate=4 October 2013}}</ref>
''Al Thawra'' was first published on 1 July 1963.<ref>{{cite web|author=Salam Kawakibi|title=The Private Media in Syria|url=http://acimedit.be/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-private-media-in-Syria.pdf|publisher=University of Amsterdam and Hivos|accessdate=16 September 2014|year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Dany Badran|title=Democracy and Rhetoric in the Arab World|journal=The Journal of the Middle East and Africa|year=2013|volume=4|issue=1|pages=65–86|doi=10.1080/21520844.2013.772685|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21520844.2013.772685|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref> It is the official newspaper of the Syrian government,<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Judith Pies|author2=Philip Madanat|title=Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria|journal=MediaAct|date=June 2011|issue=10/2011|url=http://www.mediaact.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/WP4/WP4_Syria.pdf|accessdate=30 August 2014}}</ref> and mostly covers governmental initiatives in the social and economic areas.<ref name=apn/> There also other state-owned newspaper, namely ''[[Tishreen]]'', ''[[Al-Baath|Al Baath]]'' and ''[[Syria Times]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ghadbian|first=Najib|title=Contesting the state media monopoly: Syria on Al Jazira Television|journal=Meria|date=Summer 2001|volume=5|issue=2|url=http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2001/06/ghadbian.pdf|accessdate=4 October 2013}}</ref>


''Al Thawra'' is based in [[Damascus]].<ref name="cooke2007">{{cite book|author=Miriam Cooke|title=Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsaC40CnhcoC&pg=PA8|accessdate=15 September 2014|date=14 August 2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-4035-6|page=8}}</ref> Al Wahda institution is the publisher of the daily in addition to ''Tishreen'' and ''Syria Times''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Syria's Pavilion Best at Tehran's International Exhibition of the Press and News Agencies|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Syria's+Pavilion+Best+at+Tehran's+International+Exhibition+of+the...-a0271489275|accessdate=3 October 2013|work=Syrian Arab News Agency|date=3 November 2011}}</ref> As of 2012 Ali Kassem was the [[editor-in-chief]] of ''Al Thawra''.<ref name=ptv1221>{{cite news|title=Syria grants license to new magazines, newspapers|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/12/250532/syria-gives-license-to-new-papers-mags/|accessdate=21 July 2012|work=Press TV|date=12 July 2012}}</ref>
''Al Thawra'' is based in [[Damascus]].<ref name="cooke2007">{{cite book|author=Miriam Cooke|title=Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsaC40CnhcoC&pg=PA8|accessdate=15 September 2014|date=14 August 2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-4035-6|page=8}}</ref> Al Wahda institution is the publisher of the daily in addition to ''Tishreen'' and ''Syria Times''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Syria's Pavilion Best at Tehran's International Exhibition of the Press and News Agencies|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Syria's+Pavilion+Best+at+Tehran's+International+Exhibition+of+the...-a0271489275|accessdate=3 October 2013|work=Syrian Arab News Agency|date=3 November 2011}}</ref> As of 2012 Ali Kassem was the [[editor-in-chief]] of ''Al Thawra''.<ref name=ptv1221>{{cite news|title=Syria grants license to new magazines, newspapers |url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/12/250532/syria-gives-license-to-new-papers-mags/ |accessdate=21 July 2012 |work=Press TV |date=12 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809205634/http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/12/250532/syria-gives-license-to-new-papers-mags/ |archivedate=9 August 2012 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 08:17, 29 June 2017

Al Thawra
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatCompact
Owner(s)Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
PublisherAl Wahda Institution
Editor-in-chiefAli Kassem
EditorKhafal al Jarad
Founded1 July 1963; 61 years ago (1963-07-01)
Political alignmentBa'athism
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersDamascus, Syria
WebsiteAl Thawra

Al-Thawra, also referred to as Ath-Thawra, (Arabic: الثورة The Revolution) is an Arabic language newspaper published by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Syria.[1] Another newspaper with the same name was published by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Iraq but was disbanded during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 by the UK and the USA armies.

History

Al Thawra was first published on 1 July 1963.[2][3] It is the official newspaper of the Syrian government,[4] and mostly covers governmental initiatives in the social and economic areas.[1] There also other state-owned newspaper, namely Tishreen, Al Baath and Syria Times.[5]

Al Thawra is based in Damascus.[6] Al Wahda institution is the publisher of the daily in addition to Tishreen and Syria Times.[7] As of 2012 Ali Kassem was the editor-in-chief of Al Thawra.[8]

See also

List of newspapers in Syria

References

  1. ^ a b "Syria". Arab Press Network. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. ^ Salam Kawakibi (2010). "The Private Media in Syria" (PDF). University of Amsterdam and Hivos. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ Dany Badran (2013). "Democracy and Rhetoric in the Arab World". The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 4 (1): 65–86. doi:10.1080/21520844.2013.772685. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  4. ^ Judith Pies; Philip Madanat (June 2011). "Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria" (PDF). MediaAct (10/2011). Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  5. ^ Ghadbian, Najib (Summer 2001). "Contesting the state media monopoly: Syria on Al Jazira Television" (PDF). Meria. 5 (2). Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. ^ Miriam Cooke (14 August 2007). Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official. Duke University Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-8223-4035-6. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Syria's Pavilion Best at Tehran's International Exhibition of the Press and News Agencies". Syrian Arab News Agency. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Syria grants license to new magazines, newspapers". Press TV. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)