Western media (and especially Israeli experts) are often out-of-date. They don't know that the last decade has witnessed the demise of old established newspapers and the rise of new newspapers. You still see references in the Western media to An-Nahar as "the leading paper" when its obituary was written a while back. Here are clues:
Jordan. Out: Ad-Dustur. In: Al-Ghad and Al-`Arab Al-Yawm.
Lebanon: Out: An-Nahar. In: Al-Akhbar and As-Safir.
Egypt: Out: Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar. In: Ash-Shuruq and Al-Masri Al-Yawm.
Syria: Out Al-Ba`th and Tishrin. In: well, the regime tried to introduce Al-Watan but not really in.
PS Interestingly, there are no political magazines that are read in the Arab world. Al-Hawadith was the last really widely read political magazine. It died in the early 1980s, shortly after the assassination of its lousy founder, Salim Al-Lawzi, by lousy Syrian regime troops. (They dissolved his fingers in acid and inserted his tongue in his anus.)
Jordan. Out: Ad-Dustur. In: Al-Ghad and Al-`Arab Al-Yawm.
Lebanon: Out: An-Nahar. In: Al-Akhbar and As-Safir.
Egypt: Out: Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar. In: Ash-Shuruq and Al-Masri Al-Yawm.
Syria: Out Al-Ba`th and Tishrin. In: well, the regime tried to introduce Al-Watan but not really in.
PS Interestingly, there are no political magazines that are read in the Arab world. Al-Hawadith was the last really widely read political magazine. It died in the early 1980s, shortly after the assassination of its lousy founder, Salim Al-Lawzi, by lousy Syrian regime troops. (They dissolved his fingers in acid and inserted his tongue in his anus.)
