Type | Daily newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Socialist Union of Popular Forces |
Publisher | Socialist Union of Popular Forces |
Founded | December 1974 |
Political alignment | Socialist |
Language | Arabic |
Ceased publication | June 1981 |
Country | Morocco |
Al Muharrir ( Arabic: المُحَرِّر; the Liberator or the Editor) was an daily newspaper published in Morocco. It was in circulation between December 1974 and June 1981.
Al Muharrir was first published in December 1974. [1] The daily was the organ of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party. [2] [3] Therefore, it had a socialist leaning [4] and oppositional stance. [5]
Omar Benjelloun served as the editor-in-chief of the paper who was assassinated on 18 December 1975. [6] Later Mustafa Karchawi assumed the post. [7] Mohammed Abed Al Jabri, a Moroccan critic and academic, was among the significant contributors of the paper from its start. [1] [4] Abdelkerim Mouti was another regular contributor. [8]
Together with other opposition papers, including Al Alam and L'Opinion, Al Muharrir was frequently suspended during the mid-1970s. [8] The paper ceased publication in June 1981. [9] [10] It was succeeded by Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki which was first published in May 1983. [9] [11]