Tishreen (newspaper)

Tishreen (Arabic: تشرين, romanized: Tishrīn, lit. 'October') is one of the state-owned Arabic daily newspapers published in Syria.[1][2] The daily is based in Damascus and has been in circulation since 1975.[3] Tishreen was named after the Yom Kippur War in October 1973.[4][5]

Tishreen
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing
PublisherAl Wahda institution
Editor-in-chiefSamira Al Masalmeh
Founded1975 (1975)
Political alignmentBa'athism
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersDamascus
CountrySyria
Sister newspapers
WebsiteTishreen

History and profile

Tishreen was first published in October 1975.[6] It is a state-owned publication in addition to two other state-owned dailies, namely Al Baath and Al Thawra, which were launched earlier.[4] Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing is the former publisher of the daily.[4] The company also published Syria Times, a defunct English daily and a current e-newspaper.[4] Later Al Wahda institution became the publisher of both publications in addition to Al Thawra.[7]

Content and editors

In 1992 Tishreen published a poem by Najah Al Attar, culture minister, which was written after the death of Hafez Assad's mother, Naisa Assad.[8] Mohammad Kheir Al Wadi, then editor-in-chief, wrote in January 2000 "Zionism created the Holocaust myth to blackmail and terrorize the world's intellectuals and politicians."[9] By 2004 the paper became a platform to support the charities in the country along with Al Thawra.[10] Although the daily is owned by the state, it had a critical stance on local news, especially in regard to corruption and mismanagement in 2012.[11]

As of 2005 the editor-in-chief was Khalaf Al Jarrad[12] who was appointed by Hafez Assad to the post in July 2001.[13] Samira Al Masalmeh was named as the editor-in-chief of Tishreen in January 2012.[14] She is the first female editor-in-chief in the country.[14]

Readership and circulation

In 1997, Tishreen launched its website.[15] The paper also has an English news portal, Syria Millennium, which is accessed through its website.[16] In 1992 the paper sold 75,000 copies.[3] Daily circulation of Tishreen was nearly 60,000 in the mid-2000s.[4] The paper's online version was the 48ht most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[17]

Incidents

The website of Tishreen was hacked by unknown groups in late April 2011.[18] In December 2012, Naji Assaad, a journalist for the daily, was assassinated in Damascus allegedly by opposition forces who have been fighting against the Assad government since 2011.[19]

References
  1. Judith Pies; Philip Madanat (June 2011). "Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria". MediaAct (10). doi:10.17877/DE290R-3203.
  2. David Commins; David W. Lesch (2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria (3rd ed.). Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-8108-7966-9.
  3. Arvind Singhal; Vijay Krishna (1994). "Syria". In Yahya R. Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana (eds.). Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 265. ISBN 9780313285356.
  4. Alan George (2003). Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. London; New York: Zed Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3.
  5. Miriam Cooke (2007). Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8223-4035-5.
  6. Salam Kawakibi (2010). "The Private Media in Syria" (PDF). University of Amsterdam and Hivos. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  7. "Syria's Pavilion Best at Tehran's International Exhibition of the Press and News Agencies". Syrian Arab News Agency. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  8. Lisa Wedeen (2015). Ambiguities of Domination Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780226345536.
  9. Robert S. Wistrich. "Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger" (PDF). IPFW. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  10. Laura Ruiz de Elvira; Tina Zintl (2012). "State-Charities Relations in Syria: between Reinforcement, Control and Coercion". Civil Society and the State in Syria: The Outsourcing of Social Responsibility. ISBN 978-0-9559687-9-2.
  11. "Syria". The Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  12. Shmuel Bar (2006). "Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview". Comparative Strategy. 25 (5): 353–445. doi:10.1080/01495930601105412. S2CID 154739379.
  13. Gary C. Gambill (July 2001). "The Political Obstacles to Economic Reform in Syria". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 3 (7).
  14. "The Norwegian Embassy meets Tishreen newspaper's female editor-in-chief". Norwegian Embassy. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  15. Alan George (October 2000). "Syrian Surfers Take to the Net". The Middle East.
  16. "Syria Millennium". Tishreen. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  17. "Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10". Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  18. Samar Yazbek (2012). A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution. London: Haus Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-908323-14-9.
  19. "Pro-government newspaper journalist killed in Syria". Doha Centre for Media Freedom. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
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