Categories Newsweekly Circulation 76,192 (2009) Company Dar Assayad | Frequency Weekly Publisher Dar Assayad | |
First issue 22 November 1943; 73 years ago (1943-11-22) | ||
Assayad (meaning Hunter in English) is a weekly Arabic news magazine published in Lebanon. It is the first pan-Arab magazine in the country. Its headquarters is in Beirut.
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Profile
Assayad was launched by Dar Assayad publishing house led by Said Freiha on 22 November 1943. Freiha was an advocate of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian president. The publishing house also owns other publications including daily Al Anwar.
The magazine is based in Beirut and has offices in various cities including Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, London, and Paris.
Staff
Many prominent journalists worked for the magazine: Mustafa Ameen, Nizar Kabbani, Selim El Laouzi, Amin Malouf, Melhem Karam, Said Akl, Nabil Khoury, Hisham Abu Zahr, and Talal Salman. Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek also work in the magazine.
From 1967 to 1979, its editor-in-chief was Palestinian journalist and writer Ghassan Kanafani. As of 2012, the editorial team of the magazine included Raouf Chahour, Rafik Khoury, George Trad and Lima Nabil.
Content and circulation
The magazine provides news about politics, economy, social affairs in the Arab and international context. In addition, it covers arts, entertainment, and life style topics. The magazine also publishes interviews one of which was with Leila Ben Ali, former first lady of Tunisia.
The 2009 circulation of Assayad was 76,192 copies.