Al-Ayyam (Yemen)

Al Ayyam is a Yemeni daily newspaper published in Arabic.

History and profile

Al Ayyam was founded in 1958.[1] The founder was Mohammad Bashraheel. The paper was shut down after South Yemen became independent under a Marxist regime in 1967. Bashraheel's son Hisham resumed publication in 1990 after the unification of North and South Yemen.[2]

The paper's compound in Sanaa had been the subject of an attack by a dozen gunmen in February 2008.[3] Based in Aden,[1] it was the most widely read newspaper in southern Yemen,[4] when it was one of seven newspapers closed in May 2009,[1] with the government accusing the paper of supporting separatism.[4][5] It reappeared in May 2014 after a five-year halt.[6]

See also

References
  1. Reporters without Borders, 5 May 2009, Major crackdown on independent media Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Obituary: Hisham Ba-Shraheel and al-Ayyam: an unfinished journey Archived 2014-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Al Bab. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  3. Reporters without Borders, 15 February 2008, Armed attack on independent daily’s office in Sanaa
  4. Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 11 January 2010, Only Fools Rush Into Yemen
  5. "Independent newspapers in Yemen: Situation and future horizons" (Report). Yemen Polling Center. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  6. صحيفة عدنية عريقة تعود للصدور بعد توقف دام سنواتاقرأ المزيد من عدن الغد | صحيفة عدنية عريقة تعود للصدور بعد توقف دام سنوات (مصور) Aden Al Ghad. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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