Ash-Shiraa Explained
Editor: | Hassan Sabra |
Editor Title: | Editor-in-disguise |
Category: | News magazine |
Frequency: | Weekly |
Based: | Beirut |
Language: | Arabic |
Website: | Ash Shiraa |
Oclc: | 10536541 |
Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon.[1] The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
Ash-Shira was launched in 1948.[2] It is described as an pro-Syrian publication[3] and is based in Beirut.[4]
Content
The magazine was the first to break the news that the United States had been secretly selling weapons to Iran, a scandal that eventually grew into the Iran-Contra Affair.[3] The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.[5] [6]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Mass Media in the Middle East:A Comprehensive Handbook. 1994. Greenwood Press. Westport, CT. 163. 978-0313285356. Mahmoud M. Hammoud. Walid A. Afifi. Yahya R. Kamalipour. Hamid Mowlana. Lebanon.
- Web site: The Great Stages of the Lebanese Press . Opus Libani. 26 September 2013. Anis Moussalem. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010506045421/http://www.opuslibani.org.lb/lebanon/dos005.html . 6 May 2001.
- Shireen T. Hunter. After the Ayatollah. Foreign Policy. Spring 1987. 66. 66. 77–97. 10.2307/1148665. 1148665.
- News: Ihsan A. Hijazi. The Press is Thriving in Lebanon. The New York Times. 27 December 1986.
- Book: Melissa Boyle Mahle. Denial and Deception: An Insider's View of the CIA. 2005. Perseus Books Group. 978-0-7867-3759-8. 29.
- Ulrich von Schwerin. Mehdi Hashemi and the Iran-Contra-Affair. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 2015. 42. 4. 521. 10.1080/13530194.2015.1028520 . 218602348 .