Ash-Shiraa

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Ash-Shiraa
OCLC
10536541

Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (

Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon.[1]
The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.

History and profile

Ash-Shira was launched in 1948.[2] It is described as an pro-Syrian publication[3] and is based in Beirut.[4]

Content

The magazine was the first to break the news that the

Iran-Contra Affair.[3] The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0313285356
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  2. ^ Anis Moussalem. "The Great Stages of the Lebanese Press". Opus Libani. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ^
    JSTOR 1148665
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  4. ^ Ihsan A. Hijazi (27 December 1986). "The Press is Thriving in Lebanon". The New York Times.
  5. ISBN 978-0-7867-3759-8
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  6. S2CID 218602348
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