Ad-Dustour (Jordan)
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Ad-Dustour (Template:Langx, 'The Constitution') is an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Jordan.[1] Its headquarters is in Amman, Jordan.
History and profile
The first issue of Ad-Dustour (in Arabic الدستور) was published on 28 March 1967[2][3] as a result of a merger of two publications: Filastin (in Arabic فلسطين) and Al Manar (in Arabic المنار)[4][5] published in the West Bank that had ceased publication in 1967 because of the Six-Day War.
The daily was a private company until 1986 when the Jordanian government bought a share of it.[6] The daily has nearly 600 staff.
From 1991 to 1995 Musa Keilani served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[7] Its editor was Nabil Sharif until February 2009.[8][9] The current editor-in-chief is Mustafa Riyalat.[10]
In 1998, the daily started its website, the first newspaper in the Arab world to do so.[11]
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An Arabic website, Industry Arabic, named Ad Dustour as the most influential Arabic newspaper in 2020.[11]
Contents
The daily contains four or five sections:
- First Section: for headline and domestic news.
- Second Section: for international news, business and economy.
- Addustour Alriyadi: for international and domestic sport news.
- Doroob: for miscellaneous news related to health and living styles.
- The Cultural Section: This section appears every Friday and contains domestic, regional, and international cultural events.
- Al-Shabab: This section is published every Wednesday, and daily during major sport competitions such as FIFA World Cup. It covers weekly domestic, and international youth events.[12]
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (Translation from Google Translate, edited: "On the morning of Tuesday, 03.28.1967 the first issue of the newspaper 'the Constitution' in the 8 pages as a private shareholding under Jordanian Company for Press and Publication name... In 1986 it turned into a public joint stock company.")
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External links
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