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The Arab newspapers industry started in the early 19th century with the American newspaper Kawkab America.(Arabic: كوكب أميركا, 'Star of America') was an Arabic-language weekly (later daily) newspaper published in New York City, United States, it was the first Arabic-language newspaper in North America; it was founded by Najib Arbeely and Ibrahim Arbeely.
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However, in the late 1970s, UAE Radio started independent services. Channel 4 was the first commercial radio station followed by Emirates Media Radio and the Arab Media Group. Today, independent radio stations in the UAE include 7 in English and 7 in Hindi, 12 Arabic, Malayalam, and one each in Tamil, Tagalog, Russian and Persian. [7]
The Arab American News (Arabic: صدى الوطن) is a weekly bilingual newspaper representing Arab Americans published in Dearborn, Michigan, USA in Greater Detroit. [1] It began publishing on 7 September 1984 and its publisher is Lebanese-born Osama Siblani. [2] It is believed to be the oldest and largest Arab-American newspaper. [3]
Though this does not mean newspaper publishing did not reach other Arab countries. Eventually, countries such as Iraq and Syria followed. [16] The amount of newspapers in Egypt and Lebanon increased rapidly during the Nahda. Between the half of the 19th century up until the end, there were 394 Egyptian periodicals and fifty-five in Lebanon. [16]
South Sudan's secession from Arab-led Sudan in 2011 after a bloody civil war decreased Sudan's territory by almost half. Sudan is a member of the Arab League while South Sudan did not enter membership. Arabic also is not an official language of South Sudan. Arabization of Malays was criticized by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor. [109]
Arab States Broadcasting Union building in Tunis. The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU; Arabic: إتحاد إذاعات الدول العربية) is an Arab joint-action institution related to the League of Arab States and the Pan-Arab Association of Public Service and Commercial Broadcasters.
Arabic literature (Arabic: الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: al-Adab al-‘Arabī) is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language.The Arabic word used for literature is Adab, which comes from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment.