Al-Thawra (Libya)
Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة, 'The Revolution') was a daily newspaper published from Tripoli, Libya.[1] The newspaper was established on October 20, 1969.[1] It replaced three earlier official publications; Al-Alam, Al-Umma and Al-Bilad.[1] Al-Thawra was the organ of the governing Arab Socialist Union.[2] In January 1970 a decree was made restricting government advertisements to be published only in Al-Thawra, a move curtailing the incomes for the private-owned press in the country.[3] Al-Thawra was shut down in January 1972, and was replaced by al-Fajr al-Jadid ('The New Dawn').[2][3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents. Africana Publishing Company. 1970. p. B–22.
- ^ a b James Phillip Jeter (January 1996). International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-0-313-28400-7.
- ^ a b William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.
- ^ Kimberly L. Sullivan (1 August 2012). Muammar al-Qaddafi's Libya (Revised ed.). Twenty-First Century Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-4677-0357-4.
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