Al-Shams(newspaper)
Al-Shams(meaningthe Sunin English) is anArabic languagedaily newspaper published inLibya.
History and profile
[edit]Al Shamswas established in 1962 byMoammar Gadhafiwhen he was a student.[1]The same year it was closed down.[1]It was relaunched in 1993 following the revolution in the country.[1]The paper was run by the Libyan government.[2][3]Abdul Hakim Maatouk served as theeditor-in-chiefof the paper.[4]
In September 2011 the paper temporarily ceased publication following the2011 Libyan civil war.[5]As of 2013 it was affiliated with the Public Press Institution.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^abcMokhtar Elareshi (18 September 2014).News Consumption in Libya: A Study of University Students.Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 22.ISBN978-1-4438-6724-5.Retrieved19 May2015.
- ^Libya and the West.Bloomsbury Academic. 2003. p.114.ISBN9781860649882.Retrieved21 February2011– viaInternet Archive.
al-shams newspaper libya.
- ^The Report: Libya 2010.2010.ISBN9781907065231.Retrieved21 February2011.
- ^Hind Mustafa (2 August 2014)."Benghazi Islamist militants on their last straw, analyst says".Al Arabiya.Retrieved19 May2015.
- ^"Libya media: Gaddafi mouthpieces fall silent".BBC News.2 September 2011.