Al-Iqtissadiya

Al-Iqtissadiya
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Rami Makhlouf
Founded1 June 2001; 23 years ago (2001-06-01)
Political alignmentPro-government
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersDamascus
Sister newspapersAl Watan
WebsiteIqtissadiya

Al Iqtissadiya (Arabic: الاقتصادية; Economy) is a weekly Arabic newspaper published in Syria. The paper is one of the first privately owned publications in Syria.[1] Its sister paper is Al Watan, a daily newspaper.[2]

History and profile

Al Iqtissadiya was launched in June 2001.[3] The owner of the weekly is Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar Assad. The paper, based in Damascus, is published on Sundays.[4] It focuses on financial and business news, including local news, international news, economical research and studies.[4][5] As of 2012 the paper both exhibited a critical attitude towards slow progress in the economic and social fields and clearly supported the Assad regime's national and foreign policies.[2] In 2005, the editor-in-chief of the paper was Waddah Abed Rabbo.[6]

The weekly was the only Syrian publication that paid adequate tribute to Rafik Hariri, the assassinated prime minister of Lebanon in February 2005.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Syria: Editor comments on publication of first independent political magazine". BBC. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Syria". Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. ^ Alan George (2003). Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. London; New York: Zed Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3.
  4. ^ a b "Media domain". MAG Advertising. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Al Iqtissadiya Newspaper". SyriaYP. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Hit List: Syria wants more Lebanese blood". Ya Libnan. 1 August 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  7. ^ Sami Moubayed (24 February – 2 March 2005). "Trying times for Damascus". Al Ahram Weekly. Vol. 731. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.