''Ad-Dustour'' (, '''The Constitution) is an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in

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. Its headquarters is in

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, Jordan.

History and profile

The first issue of ''Ad-Dustour'' (in

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الدستور) was published on 28 March 1967 as a result of a merger of two publications: '' Filastin'' (in

فلسطين) and ''Al Manar'' (in

المنار) published in the

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that had ceased publication in 1967 because of the

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. The daily was a private company until 1986 when the Jordanian government bought a share of it. The daily has nearly 600 staff. From 1991 to 1995 Musa Keilani served as the

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of the paper. Its editor was Nabil Sharif until February 2009. The current editor-in-chief is Mustafa Riyalat. In 1998, the daily started its website, the first newspaper in

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to do so. The estimated circulation of ''Ad-Dustour'' was 40,000 whereas it was 90,000 copies in 2003. An Arabic website, Industry Arabic, named ''Ad Dustour'' as the most influential Arabic newspaper in 2020.

The daily contains four or five sections: *First Section: for headline and domestic news. *Second Section: for international news, business and economy. *Addustour Alriyadi: for international and domestic sport news. *Doroob: for miscellaneous news related to health and living styles. *The Cultural Section: This section appears every Friday and contains domestic, regional, and international cultural events. *Al-Shabab: This section is published every Wednesday, and daily during major sport competitions such as

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. It covers weekly domestic, and international youth events.

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