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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7" title="الشرق الاوسط – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الشرق الاوسط" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asharq_al-Awsat" title="Asharq al-Awsat – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Asharq al-Awsat" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%83%A4%EB%A5%B4%ED%81%AC_%EC%95%8C%EC%95%84%EC%9A%B0%EC%82%AC%ED%8A%B8" title="아샤르크 알아우사트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아샤르크 알아우사트" data-language-autonym="한국어" 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width="200" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Asharq_Al_Awsat_Logo.svg/300px-Asharq_Al_Awsat_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Asharq_Al_Awsat_Logo.svg/400px-Asharq_Al_Awsat_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="107" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The official logo of <i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asharq_Al-Awsat_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Asharq_Al-Awsat_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="318" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="318" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Front page of <i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daily_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily newspaper">Daily newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">Broadsheet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Research_and_Media_Group" title="Saudi Research and Media Group">Saudi Research and Media Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor-in-chief</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Ghassan Charbel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1978</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Arabic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">234,561 (as of 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0265-5772">0265-5772</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aawsat.com/">aawsat.com</a>(Arabic) / <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://english.aawsat.com/">english.aawsat.com</a>(English)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Asharq Al-Awsat</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الشرق الأوسط</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Aš-Šarq al-ʾAwsaṭ</i></span>, meaning "The Middle East") is an <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> international newspaper headquartered in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although published under the name of a private company, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Research_and_Marketing_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Research and Marketing Group">Saudi Research and Marketing Group</a> (SRMG), the paper was founded with the approval of the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_royal_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi royal family">Saudi royal family</a> and government ministers, and is noted for its support of the Saudi government.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper is owned by <a href="/wiki/Faisal_bin_Salman_bin_Abdulaziz_Al_Saud" class="mw-redirect" title="Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud">Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud</a>, a member of the Saudi royal family.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i> covers events through a network of bureaus and correspondents throughout the <a href="/wiki/Arab_world" title="Arab world">Arab world</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>. The paper also has <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> <a href="/wiki/Print_syndication" title="Print syndication">syndications</a> with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, and Global Viewpoint, permitting it to publish Arabic translations of columnists like <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Friedman" title="Thomas Friedman">Thomas Friedman</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Ignatius" title="David Ignatius">David Ignatius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Launched in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in 1978, and printed on four continents in 14 cities,<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the paper is often billed as "the leading Arab daily newspaper,"<sup id="cite_ref-facts_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-facts-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and calls itself "the premier pan-Arab daily newspaper"<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based on the fact that past estimates of its circulation have given it the largest circulation of the off-shore pan-Arab dailies, a category including its chief competitor <i><a href="/wiki/Al-Hayat" title="Al-Hayat">Al-Hayat</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, reliable estimates are available only from the early 2000s, before rival <i>Al-Hayat</i> launched a massive effort to increase circulation in Saudi Arabia.<sup id="cite_ref-hayatinsaudicirc_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hayatinsaudicirc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The paper's first <a href="/wiki/Editor-in-chief" title="Editor-in-chief">editor-in-chief</a> Jihad Khazen,<sup id="cite_ref-alt1998_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alt1998-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now a columnist and editor emeritus for the rival pan-Arab daily <i><a href="/wiki/Al-Hayat" title="Al-Hayat">Al-Hayat</a></i>, gave credit to <a href="/wiki/Hisham_Hafiz" title="Hisham Hafiz">Hisham Hafiz</a>, with the subsequent support of his brother Mohammed Ali Hafez, for the initial idea of establishing an Arabic-language newspaper in London.<sup id="cite_ref-firstscooop_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstscooop-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then the daily was launched in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former editor-in-chief <a href="/wiki/Othman_Al_Omeir" title="Othman Al Omeir">Othman Al Omeir</a> has likewise given credit to the brothers, Hisham and Mohammad Hafiz, for founding and then overseeing the paper.<sup id="cite_ref-al-omeir_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-al-omeir-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together with El Khazen, the brothers set out to prove the value of the idea through a number of trial issues to the then-Crown Prince and later king <a href="/wiki/Fahd_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Fahd of Saudi Arabia">Fahd</a>, who had initially warmed to the thought but then lost his enthusiasm.<sup id="cite_ref-firstscooop_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstscooop-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khazen also gave credit to the then-Saudi ambassador to London and then-deputy minister of information in helping gain Fahd's verbal approval for issuing the newspaper while the prince was on an official visit to England.<sup id="cite_ref-firstscooop_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstscooop-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy_over_the_Camp_David_Accords">Controversy over the Camp David Accords</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversy over the Camp David Accords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the news of the paper's first big scoop (regarding the formation of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> for the Middle East), the still new newspaper made its name through the controversy surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Israel_peace_treaty" title="Egypt–Israel peace treaty">Egypt–Israel peace treaty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-firstscooop_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstscooop-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the face of widespread criticism from contributors and staff toward the <a href="/wiki/Camp_David_Accords" title="Camp David Accords">Camp David Accords</a> and Egyptian President <a href="/wiki/Anwar_Sadat" title="Anwar Sadat">Anwar Sadat</a>, Cairo bureau chief Salah al Din Hafez resigned. Then, Sadat held a press conference with the new <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i> bureau chief by his side in which the Egyptian president attacked the newspaper and its stance toward the peace process in general, citing his suspicions of the bureau chief's "high" salary, and accusing Prince Fahd of using the newspaper as a weapon against Egypt and the Egyptian president personally.<sup id="cite_ref-firstscooop_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstscooop-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Khazen later reminisced about the events, saying: "I think that this press conference was worth a million dollars (in its value at the time) of free publicity for the newspaper, which since became the subject of interest for many foreign governments and the foreign media."<sup id="cite_ref-firstscooop_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstscooop-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Debated_reporting_2004-08">Debated reporting 2004-08</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Debated reporting 2004-08"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ex-editor Alhomayed is widely criticised<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (May 2021)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> for publishing a series of vindictive articles about the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Qatar">State of Qatar</a> between 2004 and 2008, a period that witnessed a disturbance in Saudi/Qatari official relations. The highlight of that phase was when the paper published three reports about the <a href="/wiki/Qatari_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Qatari Prime Minister">Qatari Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hamad_bin_Jassim_al-Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani">Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani</a>'s trip to an Arab foreign ministers' conference in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War" title="2006 Lebanon War">Lebanon conflict in August 2006</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dysch_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dysch-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i> claimed in August 2006 that he had held discussions with Israeli ministers en route to the conference, briefing them on the Arab position. Sheikh Hamad denied the allegations and <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i> printed a second article, accusing him of lying. A third piece in March 2007, an opinion piece written by Alhomayed himself, repeated the claims.<sup id="cite_ref-Arab_News_amicable_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arab_News_amicable-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (May 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>However, in July 2008, Alhomayed stated that the allegations were untrue and apologized at the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="High Court in London">High Court in London</a> "for any embarrassment" caused.<sup id="cite_ref-dysch_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dysch-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2021">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> In its apology, which the newspaper also published in its print and web edition, Alhomayed said that "Sheikh Hamad did not hold secret discussions with the Israeli government en route to the Beirut Conference". Sheikh Hamad's solicitor, Cameron Doley, said: "It is an unequivocal victory. Allegations of that nature at that time could have been damaging to him and Qatar. The paper has accepted that it got it wrong. My client is happy with that—there was never anything more in it for him than getting that admission." This story was confirmed in <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s sister publication, <i><a href="/wiki/Arab_News" title="Arab News">Arab News</a></i>, which reported that the <a href="/wiki/Settlement_(litigation)" title="Settlement (litigation)">settlement</a> had been reached amicably out of court without any payment for <a href="/wiki/Damages" title="Damages">damages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Arab_News_amicable_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arab_News_amicable-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, on another occasion <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i> was accused<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (May 2021)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> of publishing a false interview regarding football club <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Football Club">Portsmouth</a>. The following day <i>The Guardian</i> mentioned that the interview was actually true.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prominent_editors">Prominent editors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prominent editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to Jihad Khazen, other well-known past editors include Erfan Nizameddine, <a href="/wiki/Othman_Al_Omeir" title="Othman Al Omeir">Othman Al Omeir</a> (founder of <i><a href="/wiki/Elaph" title="Elaph">Elaph</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-al-omeir_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-al-omeir-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Abdul Rahman Al Rashed (general manager of <a href="/wiki/Al_Arabiya" title="Al Arabiya">Al Arabiya</a> between April 2004 and November 2014).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former editor was <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Alhomayed" title="Tariq Alhomayed">Tariq Alhomayed</a> whose leadership earned mixed reviews as it was associated with much criticism of <i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i>. In July 2012, <a href="/wiki/Adel_Al_Toraifi" title="Adel Al Toraifi">Adel Al Toraifi</a>, chief editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Majalla" title="The Majalla">The Majalla</a></i>, was appointed deputy chief editor of <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 January 2013, Al Toraifi replaced Alhomayed as editor of the paper.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Al Toraifi's term ended in July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_columns">Notable columns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable columns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, <i>Asharq al-Awsat</i> published a report accusing Iranian pilgrims taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Shiite" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiite">Shiite</a> Muslim <a href="/wiki/Arba%27een_pilgrimage" class="mw-redirect" title="Arba'een pilgrimage">commemoration of Arbaeen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> of sexually harassing women, which was proven to be false, according to <a href="/wiki/Agence_France-Presse" title="Agence France-Presse">Agence France-Presse</a>; the paper sacked its Baghdad correspondent over a report.<sup id="cite_ref-nst_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nst-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The article had said that a <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> report had described "unplanned pregnancies and [...] disease" seen "following the arrival of scores of unregulated Iranians to take part in the annual Shia pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Karbala" title="Karbala">Karbala</a>." According to the article, 169 unmarried women had become pregnant from the Iranian pilgrims.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/UN" class="mw-redirect" title="UN">UN</a>'s health agency said no such report had been published by WHO, and condemned mentioning its name in what it called "unfounded" news.<sup id="cite_ref-nst_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nst-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rana_Sidani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rana Sidani (page does not exist)">Rana Sidani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spokeswoman" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokeswoman">spokeswoman</a> for the WHO, the organization was "shocked" by the report. She said that they were "consulting with the Iraqi ministry of health on possible legal action against the paper."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Haider_al-Abadi" title="Haider al-Abadi">Haider al-Abadi</a>, Iraqi Prime Minister, and "several other leading Shiite figures" condemned the <i>Asharq al-Awsat</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s report and demanded an "apology".<sup id="cite_ref-nst_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nst-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Saudi journalist businessman Hussein Shobakshi published a column in <i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i> in which he condemned the prevalence of <a href="/wiki/Anti-Semitism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Semitism">anti-Semitism</a> in Islamic culture. He claimed that this anti-Semitism had led to the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Muslim_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries">Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries</a>. "The intensity of the Jew-hatred," he wrote, "disseminated by the media and art, literature, and political cartoons has reached a degree that cannot be ignored." He continued: "antisemitism in the Arab world is the product of loathsome, racist education that is rooted in the Arab mentality that is used to labeling people according to tribal, family, and racial affiliation, and according to the religious school which they belong. It is this education that prompted thousands of Jews were citizens of Arab countries to emigrate after the establishment of the State of Israel."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reputation_and_competition">Reputation and competition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reputation and competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though the newspaper is owned by <a href="/wiki/Faisal_bin_Salman" class="mw-redirect" title="Faisal bin Salman">Faisal bin Salman</a>, and is considered more pro-Saudi than its rival <i><a href="/wiki/Al-Hayat" title="Al-Hayat">Al-Hayat</a></i> was,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i> has billed itself as the "leading international Arabic paper," as it was the first Arabic daily to use satellite transmission for simultaneous printing in a number of sites across the world.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Media scholar <a href="/wiki/Marc_Lynch" title="Marc Lynch">Marc Lynch</a> has called <i>Asharq al-Awsat</i> "the most conservative" of the major pan-Arab papers.<sup id="cite_ref-lynch_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lynch-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> in 2005 called <i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i> "one of the oldest and most influential in the region."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The paper's chief competitors in Saudi Arabia are <i>Al Hayat</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Okaz" title="Okaz">Okaz</a></i>; globally, its chief competitor is <i>Al Hayat</i>, though it is often paired with <i><a href="/wiki/Al-Quds_Al-Arabi" title="Al-Quds Al-Arabi">Al-Quds Al-Arabi</a></i> which is considered to be its polar opposite.<sup id="cite_ref-lynch_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lynch-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to this dichotomy, <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i> represents the "moderate camp" when compared to the "rejection camp" of <i>Al-Quds Al-Arabi</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lynch_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lynch-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editorial_stances">Editorial stances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Editorial stances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alleged_banning_of_critical_writers_2006-2010">Alleged banning of critical writers 2006-2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Alleged banning of critical writers 2006-2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> One example is <a href="/wiki/Mona_Eltahawy" title="Mona Eltahawy">Mona Eltahawy</a>, who wrote for the paper from January 2004 to early 2006, focusing on protests against the <a href="/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak" title="Hosni Mubarak">Mubarak</a> government in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. She wrote that its new English-language website, designed to present a liberal face to the world, was far more critical of Arab governments than its Arabic editions: </p><blockquote><p>The trouble with Asharq al-Awsat, beyond its disturbing acquiescence to Arab regimes, is that it claimed a liberalism that was patently false... the newspaper in Arabic would abide by the red lines that govern criticism of Arab leaders while in English it ran roughshod over those very same lines. A column I wrote tearing into the Egyptian regime for allowing its security forces to beat peaceful protesters and to sexually assault female journalists and demonstrators was spiked from the Arabic newspaper and web site but appeared in its entirety on the English web site... The major red lines at Asharq al-Awsat could be quite simple —in descending order they were the Saudi royal family, Saudi Arabia's allies in the Gulf (Qatar, a rival, was considered fair game) and then Saudi Arabia's other Arab allies. Within such a hierarchy of red lines, the Egyptian regime can indeed pull rank and demand that Asharq al- Awsat silence a critic.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>Alhomayed responded to Eltahawy in both the English and Arabic version of <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eltahawy noted that in the majority of cases the writer was left to discover on their own that he or she was banned rather than receiving a reason or justification from Alhomayed.<sup id="cite_ref-Eltahawy_2006_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eltahawy_2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nothing official was reported about the matter until 16 September 2010 when the paper quoted Al Rashed saying that he voluntarily stopped writing for them.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 September 2010, Al Rashed returned to writing in <i>Asharq Al Awsat</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As of 2021, he remains a regular contributor.<sup id="cite_ref-Asharq_AL-awsat_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asharq_AL-awsat-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asharq_Al-Awsat&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/New_Chart.pdf">"Statistics on the Arab Media"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Arab Reform Bulletin</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Arab+Reform+Bulletin&rft.atitle=Statistics+on+the+Arab+Media&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carnegieendowment.org%2Ffiles%2FNew_Chart.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsharq+Al-Awsat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fattah, Hassan, M., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/weekinreview/06fatt.html?st=cse&sq=%22al+hayat%22+%22Al+Sharq+Al+Awsat%22&scp=2">"Spreading the Word: Who's Who in the Arab Media"</a>, 6 February 2005. 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