Assabeel (Arabic: السبيل; lit.'The Path') is an Arabic weekly newspaper in Amman, Jordan.[1] The paper was described by a leaked US cable as an Islamist publication.[2]
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]
↑Monroe E. Price; Beata Rozumilowicz; Stefaan G. Verhulst (2003). Media Reform: Democratizing the Media, Democratizing the State. Routledge. p.117. ISBN978-1-134-54436-3.
1234"Assabeel: Understanding Jordan's Preeminent Islamist Weekly". Wikileaks. 30 June 2002. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
↑"Arab Media Review (January-June 2012)"(PDF). Anti-Defamation League. 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
↑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.
↑"Middle East Press Review"(PDF). Anti-Defamation League. July–December 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
External links
Assabeel website
Categories:
1993 establishments in Jordan
Mass media in Amman
Newspapers established in 1993
Newspapers published in Jordan
Organizations affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood
