L'Opinion

L'Opinion is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper.

This article is about the Moroccan newspaper. For the French newspaper, see L'Opinion (French newspaper).

L'Opinion
L'opinion logo
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)Istiqlal Party
Editor-in-chiefJamal Hajjam
Founded1965 (1965)
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersRabat
Sister newspapersAl-Alam
Websitewww.lopinion.ma

History and profile

L'Opinion was established in 1965.[1][2] The daily is the organ of the Istiqlal Party.[1] It is the sister publication of the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Alam[1][3][4] and is based in Rabat.[5]

During the mid-1970s the paper was frequently banned by the Moroccan authorities together with its sister publication, Al Alam, and Al Muharrir, another oppositional paper.[6]

The 2001 circulation of the paper was 60,000 copies.[7] It was 70,000 copies in 2003, making it the second most read paper in the country.[2]

References
  1. Moha Ennaji (20 January 2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco. Springer. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-387-23979-8. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. Valérie K. Orlando (23 June 2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (16 January 2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  5. "Media landscape. Morocco". Menasset. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. Mohammed Ibahrine (2005). "The Internet and Politics in Morocco" (PDF). Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Archived from the original (PhD Thesis) on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. Morocco Press Press Reference. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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