Everything about Asharq Al-awsat totally explained
Asharq Al-Awsat (
The Middle East) is a major
pan-Arabic
daily newspaper, with a circulation of 200,000, printed simultaneously in twelve cities on four continents. It was founded in 1978 in
London,
United Kingdom by Jihad Al Khazen and Adel Bishtawi. It is still based in London, but it's now edited by the
Saudi Research and Marketing Ltd. and directed by Saudi prince
Salman bin Abdul Aziz, half-brother of the king.
Since
1990 Asharq Al-Awsat has had increasing success and is distributed both in the
Middle East and in the
Maghreb, especially in
Morocco. It is known for its slogan "International Newspaper of the Arabs" as it covers both Arab and international affairs.
Asharq Al-Awsat was the first Arabic daily newspaper to introduce
satellite transmission for simultaneous printing in a number of major cities worldwide, and is currently the only newspaper to own the Arabic
copyright of international print
syndications of the
Washington Post,
USA Today and
Global Viewpoint. The newspaper's editorial part publishes a large part of translations from the international press, and its news pages are almost only made on
news agencies' cables translated in Arabic.
Asharq Al-Awsat has been present on the Internet since December
1995, and it also offers an English translation of parts of its articles.
One of the most successful editors in chief of the newspaper, Abdulrahman Al Rashid, went on to become the managing director of the Middle East prominent news channel, Al Arabiya. His achievements were profiled in
The New York Times in January 2008.
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