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Enab Baladi
عنب بلدي
The 04 October 2015 front page of
Enab Baladiissue #189
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Enab Baladi - Nonprofit Media Organization
Editor-in-chiefJawad Sharbaji
Managing editorAmmar Ziadeh, Bilal Abo Laban
Founded2011;13 years ago(2011)
LanguageArabic
English
Ceased publicationAnnounced on 23 November 2023
HeadquartersIstanbul,Turkey[1]
CountryTurkey
Circulation7,000 (Weekly)
Websitewww.enabbaladi.org
english.enabbaladi.net

Enab Baladi(Arabic:عنب بلدي,lit.'Country Grapes') is a Syrian nonprofit media organization that publishes a newspaper with the same name, in Arabic and English. It was established inDarayya,Syriain 2011, and is also a501(c)(3)nonprofit organization.[2]

History and profile[edit]

Enab Baladinewspaper was launched in 2011 by a group of citizen journalists and activists from Daraya, a Syrian town in Damascus suburbs. On January 29, 2012, issue #0 was published marking the beginning of a revolutionary newspaper. Since then, it has been printed each week on Sundays, with one two-week stoppage in August 2012 due to theDarayya massacrecommitted by Assad forces.

Since its establishment during the first year of the Syrian uprising, late 2011,Enab Baladi(EB) has focused on promoting the peaceful resistance methods to counter the sectarian and violence narratives of the Syrian regime. EB coverage included the human rights violations perpetrated by the Syrian regime, as well as the inception of the nascent Syrian civil society, in addition to various news and topics in the fields of politics, economy, and social affairs.

Growth[edit]

The newspaper grew from amateur-run organization into becoming one of the most prominent Syrian media organizations according to BBC Syria profile page.[3]Currently,Enab Baladiproduces several products,Enab Baladi Weekly Newspaper,[4]theEnab Online News Service Website,[5]TheSyrian Print-Media Archive,[6]and its latestEnglish news website.[7]These projects are supported by a network of reporters and journalists who strive to give credible reports from the ground in Syria.

Enab Baladisucceeded in drawing the attention of many local and international media. Its story appeared onDer Spiegel,[8]The Guardian,[9]andAFP News[10]among many others. The French magazineEllepublished an article about EB's women team,"THE" GANG OF GIRLS "RISKS THEIR LIVES TO REPORT FROM INSIDE A WAR ZONE".Around ten women are working as reporters, editors, and translators for EB. The article tells the story of one of them,Kholoud Waleed,and highlights the role that women played in the establishment of the newspaper, the challenges they faced during their work as citizen journalists in Syria and the success they achieved.

Partnerships, alliances, and coalitions[edit]

Enab Baladibuilt relationships with many international organizations such asNational Endowment for Democracy,[11]Internews,Free Press Unlimited,European Endowment for Democracy,l'Association de Soutien aux Médias Libres,Adopt a Revolution,L'agence française de coopération médias,Norwegian People's Aid,andInternational Media Support.

Enab Baladialso joined many alliances and coalitions:

  • TheEthical Journalism for Syria Alliance (EJSA)in partnership with more than 30 Syrian independent media organization and funded by Free Press Unlimited. The alliance aims at restoring and improving the basic fundamental rights of freedom of speech, thought, and expression in Syria via a gender sensitive multi-level approach.
  • TheInternational Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC),and implemented a project of documenting the verbal heritage of the Syrian conflict in partnership with ICSC.
  • TheSyrian Network for Printed Media (SNP)with four other Syrian independent newspapers, through which, EB is printing and distributing its issues inside and outside Syria.
  • The Syrian Regional Program (SRP) to provide media exposure to Local Councils in Syria, the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU), in addition to multimedia reports about local initiatives inside Syria.[12]

Awards[edit]

The newspaper won two awards through two of its co-founders, Majd Sharbaji who won theU.S. State DepartmentWomen of Courage Award,[13]and Kholoud Helmi who won the 2015Anna Politkovskaya Award.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Syria media guide".BBC.Retrieved22 May2023.
  2. ^"About us".Enab Baladi.Retrieved2022-07-27.
  3. ^"BBC Syria Media Profile".Retrieved24 November2015.
  4. ^"Enab Baladi Weekly Newspaper".Archived fromthe originalon 24 November 2015.Retrieved24 November2015.
  5. ^"Enab Online News Service Website".Retrieved24 November2015.
  6. ^"Syrian Print-Media Archive".Retrieved24 November2015.
  7. ^"Enab Baladi English".Retrieved30 January2016.
  8. ^Koelbl, Susanne (2013-02-04)."The Fight for Syria Has Engulfed the Capital Damascus".Der Spiegel.ISSN2195-1349.Retrieved2023-02-11.
  9. ^staff, Foreign (2012-05-22)."The Syrian local newspapers creating a voice for the revolution".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2023-02-11.
  10. ^AFP (2012-09-27)."Revolutionary press blooms underground in Syria".Al Arabiya.Retrieved2023-02-11.
  11. ^"Syrian Independent Media Outlet Celebrates 10 Years".National Endowment for Democracy.2022-11-01.Retrieved2023-02-11.
  12. ^"Syria Regional Program".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-08-14.Retrieved2015-11-25.
  13. ^"Deputy Secretary Higginbottom to Honor 10 International Women of Courage".U.S. State Department. 3 March 2015.Retrieved13 March2015.
  14. ^"RAW in WAR honors Kholoud Waleed with the 2015 Anna Politkovskaya Award".Archived fromthe originalon 25 November 2015.Retrieved24 November2015.

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