Tishreen (newspaper)

Tishreen
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Founder(s)Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing
PublisherAl Wahda institution
Editor-in-chiefYoushra Al Masry
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Political alignmentBa'athism
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersDamascus
CountrySyria
Sister newspapers
WebsiteTishreen

Tishreen (Arabic: تشرين, romanized: Tishrīn, lit. 'October') is one of the state-owned Arabic daily newspapers published in Syria.[1][2] The daily is based in Damascus and has been in circulation since 1975.[3] Tishreen was named after the Yom Kippur War in October 1973.[4][5]

History and profile

Tishreen was first published in October 1975.[6] It is a state-owned publication in addition to two other state-owned dailies, namely Al Baath and Al Thawra, which were launched earlier.[4] Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing is the former publisher of the daily.[4] The company also published Syria Times, a defunct English daily and a current e-newspaper.[4] Later Al Wahda institution became the publisher of both publications in addition to Al Thawra.[7]

Content and editors

One of the interviews published in Tishreen was with Nimr Saleh, a dissident member of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1983.[8] The paper published a poem by Najah Al Attar, culture minister, which was written after the death of Hafez Assad's mother, Naisa Assad, in 1993.[9] Mohammad Kheir Al Wadi, then editor-in-chief, wrote in January 2000 "Zionism created the Holocaust myth to blackmail and terrorize the world's intellectuals and politicians."[10] By 2004 the paper became a platform to support the charities in the country along with Al Thawra.[11] Although the daily is owned by the state, it had a critical stance on local news, especially in regard to corruption and mismanagement in 2012.[12]

As of 2005 the editor-in-chief was Khalaf Al Jarrad[13] who was appointed by Hafez Assad to the post in July 2001.[14] Samira Al Masalmeh was named as the editor-in-chief of Tishreen in January 2012.[15] She is the first female editor-in-chief in the country.[15] Then Youshra Al Masry was named as its editor-in-chief.[16]

Readership and circulation

In 1997, Tishreen launched its website.[17] The paper also has an English news portal, Syria Millennium, which is accessed through its website.[18] In 1992 the paper sold 75,000 copies.[3] Daily circulation of Tishreen was nearly 60,000 in the mid-2000s.[4] The paper's online version was the 48ht most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[19]

Incidents

The website of Tishreen was hacked by unknown groups in late April 2011.[20] In December 2012, Naji Assaad, a journalist for the daily, was assassinated in Damascus allegedly by opposition forces who have been fighting against the Assad government since 2011.[21]

References

  1. ^ Judith Pies; Philip Madanat (June 2011). "Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria". MediaAct (10). doi:10.17877/DE290R-3203.
  2. ^ David Commins; David W. Lesch (2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria (3rd ed.). Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-8108-7966-9.
  3. ^ a b Arvind Singhal; Vijay Krishna (1994). "Syria". In Yahya R. Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana (eds.). Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 265. ISBN 9780313285356.
  4. ^ a b c d e Alan George (2003). Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. London; New York: Zed Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3.
  5. ^ Miriam Cooke (2007). Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8223-4035-5.
  6. ^ Salam Kawakibi (2010). "The Private Media in Syria" (PDF). University of Amsterdam and Hivos. Retrieved 16 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. ^ "Clashes between rival factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization". United Press International. 3 July 1983. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  9. ^ Lisa Wedeen (2015). Ambiguities of Domination Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780226345536.
  10. ^ Robert S. Wistrich. "Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger" (PDF). IPFW. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  11. ^ Laura Ruiz de Elvira; Tina Zintl (2012). "State-Charities Relations in Syria: between Reinforcement, Control and Coercion". Civil Society and the State in Syria: The Outsourcing of Social Responsibility. University of St Andrews Centre for Syrian Studies. ISBN 978-0-9559687-9-2.
  12. ^ "Syria". The Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  13. ^ Shmuel Bar (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview". Comparative Strategy. 25 (5): 353–445. doi:10.1080/01495930601105412. S2CID 154739379.
  14. ^ Gary C. Gambill (July 2001). "The Political Obstacles to Economic Reform in Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 3 (7).
  15. ^ a b "The Norwegian Embassy meets Tishreen newspaper's female editor-in-chief". Norwegian Embassy. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  16. ^ "الصحيفة". tishreen.news.sy (in Arabic). 12 November 2023.
  17. ^ Alan George (October 2000). "Syrian Surfers Take to the Net". The Middle East.
  18. ^ "Syria Millennium". Tishreen. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10". Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  20. ^ Samar Yazbek (2012). A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution. London: Haus Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-908323-14-9.
  21. ^ "Pro-government newspaper journalist killed in Syria". Doha Centre for Media Freedom. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.