''Ararad'' () is a daily Lebanese Armenian newspaper and the official organ of the Armenian

Social Democrat Hunchakian Party The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) (), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian political party, founded in 1887 by a group of students in Geneva, Switzerland. It was the first socialist party to operate in the Ottoman Empire and i ...

(Henchak) in

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. It is a four-page daily. Its executive director is Ani Yepremian since September 2012.

History

Hunchakian activist Mihran Aghazarian planned to publish ''Ararad'' in 1933, but was killed 2 days before the start. ''Ararad'' was established in 1937 and the first issue appeared on 12 November 1937 in

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. First editor was Armenak Eloyan (1937-1939). Another former editor was Aharoun Shekerdemian. It used to be published daily until 2000, but from June 2001 to 2007, it was published weekly. Today it is published daily. From 1956 to 1965, a literary supplement of the newspaper called ''Ararad Kragan'' was also published. It was a literal monthly edited by Hakob Noruni.(in Armenian) ''SDHP press (1887-1992)'', Beirut, by A. Der-Khachadourian, 1992 - pp. 18-20

References

External links

Official website
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