Al-Mukafih

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Al-Mukafih
TypeWeekly newspaper
Daily newspaper
Editor-in-chiefAbdallah Layachi
Political alignment Communist
Language Arabic language
Ceased publication31 October 1964
Headquarters Casablanca

Al-Mukafih (meaning 'The Fighter' in English) was an Arabic-language communist weekly newspaper published from Casablanca, Morocco. [1] [2] [3]

History and profile

Ali Yata was the head of Al Mukafih which was the organ of the Moroccan Communist Party. [4] [5] It was edited by Abdallah Layachi. [6]

The paper was published weekly until 1964 when it became a daily. [6]

The paper continued to be published after the Moroccan Communist Party had been banned in 1960. [7] On 17 June 1961 the weekly was banned in Iraq due to its alleged attacks on the policies of the country. [8]

Several editions of Al Mukafih were seized by the government in mid-1964. The newspaper was finally banned on 31 October 1964 [6] (on the grounds that the Moroccan Communist Party itself was non-existent). In March 1965 a new (supposedly independent) weekly newspaper was launched, al-Kifah al-Watani with Ali Yata as its editor. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Brzezinski, Zbigniew K. Africa and the Communist World . Hoover Institution publications. Stanford, Calif: Stanford Univ. Press, 1963. p. 237
  2. ↑ Newspaper Press Directory . Tonbridge [Eng., etc.]: Benn [etc.], 1964. p. 894
  3. ↑ Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung Wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse, and Institut für Internationale Beziehungen (Germany). Deutsche Aussenpolitik . Berlin: Rütten & Loening [etc.], 1956. p. 587
  4. ↑ Michael M. Laskier (1983). The Alliance Israelite Universelle and the Jewish Communities of Morocco, 1862-1962. SUNY Press. p. 333. ISBN   978-0-87395-656-7.
  5. ↑ Shukrī, Ṣabīḥ M. The International Who's Who of the Arab World . London: International Who's Who of the Arab World Ltd, 1984. p. 549
  6. 1 2 3 Donald F. Busky (2002). Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 102. ISBN   978-0-275-97733-7.
  7. ↑ Sachs, Moshe Y. Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations . New York: Worldmark Press, 1967. p. 197
  8. ↑ Yitzhak Oron, Ed. (23 January 1961). Middle East Record 1961, Volume 2. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 168. GGKEY:4Q1FXYK79X8.
  9. ↑ American University (Washington, D.C.). Area Handbook for Morocco . Washington: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1966. pp. 233, 278
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