Assabeel

Assabeel (Arabic: السبيل) (The Path in English) is an Arabic weekly newspaper in Amman, Jordan.[1] The paper was described by a leaked US cable as an Islamist publication.[2]

Assabeel
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Owner(s)Jordan Press Foundation
EditorAtef Al Jolani
Founded1993 (1993)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersAmman, Jordan
Circulation17,000 (2002)
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Assabeel was launched by the Muslim Brotherhood members in Jordan in 1993.[2][3] Editor-in-chief of the paper is Atef Al Joulani.[4] The paper was the continuation of the Brotherhood's official publication Al Ribat.[2] The 2002 circulation of the paper was reported by Saud Abu Mahfuz, general manager of the weekly, to be 17,000.[2] The paper became daily in 2009.[5]

See also

References
  1. Monroe E. Price; Beata Rozumilowicz; Stefaan G. Verhulst (2003). Media Reform: Democratizing the Media, Democratizing the State. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-134-54436-3.
  2. "Assabeel: Understanding Jordan's Preeminent Islamist Weekly". Wikileaks. 30 June 2002. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. "Arab Media Review (January-June 2012)" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. Najjar, Orayb Aref (1998). "The Ebb and Flow of the Liberalization of the Jordanian Press: 1985−1997". Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. 75 (127): 127–142. doi:10.1177/107769909807500113.
  5. "Middle East Press Review" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. July–December 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.


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