Rozhnama

Rozhnama
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatCompact
Owner(s)Wusha corp
EditorAzad Chalak
Founded2007
Political alignmentCentrist (sometimes said to be center-left)
LanguageKurdish
HeadquartersSulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
WebsiteOfficial website

Rozhnama (English: Daily Paper) is a Kurdish daily newspaper, it hopes to become the first Kurdish newspaper of record.

Rozhnama was founded in 2007 at the behest of Nawshirwan Mustafa, who claimed he wanted a daily newspaper in the Kurdistan region which had complete editorial independence. The newspaper is printed using the latest Heidelberg press.


References

BBC NEWS, Middle East, Guide: Iraq's Kurdish media [www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7094973.stm]