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Assayad (

pan-Arab magazine in the country. Its headquarters was in Beirut.[1]

History and profile

Assayad was launched by Dar Assayad publishing house led by Said Freiha on 22 November 1943.

Egyptian president.[4] The publishing house also owned other publications including daily Al Anwar.[5][6]

The magazine was based in Beirut[1] and had offices in various cities including Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, London, and Paris.[7] In Fall 2018 the Dar Assayad publishing house ended its operations and closed the magazine together with other publications.[8]

Contributors

Many prominent journalists worked for the magazine: Mustafa Ameen,

Amin Malouf, Melhem Karam, Said Akl, Nabil Khoury, Hisham Abu Zahr, and Talal Salman.[7] Palestinian journalist Bayan Nuwayhed was a regular contributor of Assayad from 1960 to 1966.[9] Lebanese journalist Jean Obeid joined the magazine in 1966.[10] Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek also work in the magazine.[11]

From 1967 to 1972, its

Palestinian journalist and writer Ghassan Kanafani.[12] As of 2012, the editorial team of the magazine included Raouf Chahour, Rafik Khoury, George Trad and Lima Nabil.[7]

Content and circulation

Assayad carried articles about politics, economy, social affairs in the Arab and international context.

Leila Ben Ali, former first lady of Tunisia.[13]

In 2009 Assayad sold 76,192 copies.[7]

See also

List of magazines in Lebanon

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-85743-132-2
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  2. ^ "Dar Assayad's Publications". B. Freiha. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Company profile". Dar Assayad. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  4. ISBN 978-1-86064-423-8
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  5. ^ "Dar Assayad". Kompass. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Lebanon Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Assayad" (PDF). Dar Assayad. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  8. ^ "75-Year-Old Publisher Dar Assayad to Shut Down". Blog Baladi. 29 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question.
  10. ISBN 9783110945904
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  11. ^ Elie Hajj (26 April 2013). "Pierre Sadek Defended the Right to Criticize Until His Dying Breath". Al Monitor.
  12. ISBN 978-0-8160-6986-6
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  13. ^ "Mrs. Leila Ben Ali's interview to Lebanese Assayad magazine". Tunis Afrique Presse. 14 February 2010.
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