Ararad (daily)

Ararad
Արարատ

Cover of Ararad daily (22 December 2017)
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Print, online
Editor-in-chief	Ani Yepremian
Founded	12 November 1937; 87 years ago (1937-11-12)
Political alignment	Social democrat
Language	Western Armenian
Headquarters	Beirut
Website	araraddaily.com

Ararad (Armenian: Արարատ) is a daily Lebanese Armenian newspaper and the official organ of the Armenian Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Henchak) in Lebanon.[1] It is a four-page daily. Its executive director is Ani Yepremian since September 2012.[1]

History

Hunchakian activist Mihran Aghazarian planned to publish Ararad in 1933, but was killed 2 days before the start. Ararad was established in 1937[2][3] and the first issue appeared on 12 November 1937 in Beirut, Lebanon. First editor was Armenak Eloyan (1937-1939). Another former editor was Aharoun Shekerdemian.[3]

It used to be published daily until 2000, but from June 2001 to 2007, it was published weekly. Today it is published daily. From 1956 to 1965, a literary supplement of the newspaper called Ararad Kragan was also published. It was a literal monthly edited by Hakob Noruni.[4]

References

1. "About Us". Ararad. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
2. The Middle East and North Africa 2003. Psychology Press. 31 October 2002. p. 737. ISBN 978-1-85743-132-2.
3. Publitec Publications, ed. (2007). "The Press". Who's Who in Lebanon 2007-2008 (19th ed.). Beirut; Munich: De Gruyter Saur. p. 548. doi:10.1515/9783110945904. ISBN 978-3598077340.
4. (in Armenian) SDHP press (1887-1992), Beirut, by A. Der-Khachadourian, 1992 - pp. 18-20

External links

• Official website