''Ash-Shiraa'' (or ''Al-Shiraa'') (
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
: الشراع, ''The Sail'' in English) is an
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
weekly magazine published in
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
. The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
''Ash-Shira'' was launched in 1948. It is described as an anti-Syrian publication
and is based in
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of ...
.
Content
The magazine was the first to break the news that the
United States
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had been secretly selling weapons to
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkme ...
, a scandal that eventually grew into the
Iran-Contra Affair.
[ The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.]
See also
List of magazines in Lebanon
In Lebanon the first Arabic journal was an annual review, ''Majmu fawaid li nukhbat afadil'' which was first published in 1851. The first political, literary, and scientific magazine, the first children's magazine, and the women's magazine in the ...
References
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Arabic-language magazines
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