L'Opinion

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L'Opinion
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Type Daily newspaper
Founder(s) Istiqlal Party
Editor-in-chiefJamal Hajjam
Founded1965;58 years ago (1965)
Language French
Headquarters Rabat
Sister newspapers Al-Alam
Website www.lopinion.ma

L'Opinion is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper.

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History and profile

L'Opinion was established in 1965. [1] [2] The daily is the organ of the Istiqlal Party. [1] It is the sister publication of the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Alam [1] [3] [4] and is based in Rabat. [5]

During the mid-1970s the paper was frequently banned by the Moroccan authorities together with its sister publication, Al Alam, and Al Muharrir , another oppositional paper. [6] From 1977 to 1992 Aicha Mekki reported on crime for the paper. [7]

The 2001 circulation of the paper was 60,000 copies. [8] It was 70,000 copies in 2003, making it the second most read paper in the country. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Moha Ennaji (20 January 2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer. p. 103. ISBN   978-0-387-23979-8 . Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 103. ISBN   978-0-275-98212-6 . Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Valérie K. Orlando (23 June 2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN   978-0-230-62259-3 . Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (16 January 2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN   978-0-8108-6511-2 . Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Media landscape. Morocco". Menasset. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Mohammed Ibahrine (2005). "The Internet and Politics in Morocco" (PDF). Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Archived from the original (PhD Thesis) on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Smolin, Jonathan (1 January 2012). "Mekki, Aicha". In Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography (1 ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001. ISBN   978-0-19-538207-5.
  8. ↑ Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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