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Al Fajr (Jerusalem)
''Al Fajr'' () was an East Jerusalem-based newspaper which was in circulation from 1972 to 1993. The paper functioned as an unofficial organ of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). History and profile ''Al Fajr'' was established by Yousef Nasri Nasser in East Jerusalem in 1972. Its first issue appeared on 7 April 1972. The paper came out weekly until 5 June 1974 when its frequency switched to daily. Yousef Nasri Nasser also edited the paper from the outset, until February 1974, when he went missing. Mohammad Batrawi edited ''Al Fajr'' until 1976, and then Bashir Al Barghouthi began to serve as its editor-in-chief. Paul Ajlouny was the publisher of the paper who took over it in 1974 after the disappearance of his brother-in-law, Yousef Nasri Nasser. There was an English edition of the newspaper entitled ''Al Fajr English'' was appeared weekly in Jerusalem and Washington, D.C. between 23 April 1980 and 16 August 1993. Bishara Bahbah was the editor-in-chief of both Arab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ajlouny
Paul A. Ajlouny (born 1933) is a Palestinian-American publisher and businessman known for launching the now-defunct Palestinian territories, Palestinian newspaper ''Al Fajr (Palestine), Al Fajr'' in 1972 in Jerusalem. Biography Ajlouny was born in Ramallah, British Mandatory Palestine in 1933, and immigrated to the United States in 1946. He earned a degree in engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1963. Aljouny founded Jerusalem-based ''Al Fajr (Jerusalem), Al Fajr'' newspaper in 1967 to respond to the educated Palestinian professional elite who saw the Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO as their representative. The media environment in Palestine at that time was dominated by broadsheets published by the Jordan, Jordanian government. In 1993, ''Columbia Journal Review'' described ''Al Fajr (Jerusalem), Al-Fajr'' as "gradually turning into a Palestinian version of ''Pravda''", and the publication lost readership to more independent newspapers, ''Al-Quds (newspaper), Al- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |