LONDON: The Arabic language newspaper Al Hayat stopped publishing its print edition in the UK, Egypt, and Lebanon on Thursday after a thirty year run.
Dar Al Hayat, the publishing and distribution company that owns Al Hayat said that readers will still be able to read PDF copies of the newspaper via its website.
Previously, Al Hayat reported on its front page details of meetings held by Dar Al Hayat’s board of directors on March 27 and 28, 2018. Members of the board discussed developments in audiovisual media that have led to a drop in income from adverts and a shift from print to digital publications.
Dar Al Hayat has undergone restructuring and its Dubai office will combine human and financial resources to provide content for the company’s high quality paper and digital products.
The company added that the international and Saudi Arabian editions of Al Hayat can be read online through its website and that the rights of its employees will be protected according to the law of the country in which they work.
Al Hayat (which means “life” in Arabic) was founded by Kamel Mrowa on January 28, 1946 in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
It was relaunched in 1988 by Jamil Mrowa and Adel Bishtawi, in London under Saudi Arabian ownership.
Al Hayat stops publishing its print edition in Cairo, Beirut, and London
Al Hayat stops publishing its print edition in Cairo, Beirut, and London
Israel arrests 2 Turkish CNN journalists over live broadcast outside IDF HQ
- Police said reporter Emrah Cakmak and cameraman Halil Kahraman were detained on suspicion of filming a sensitive security facility
- Since the Gaza war began, restrictions have expanded significantly, including tighter limits on filming soldiers on duty and sensitive or strategic sites
LONDON: Israeli police have arrested two Turkish CNN journalists who were broadcasting live outside the Israel Defense Forces’ headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Police said the pair were detained on suspicion of filming a sensitive security facility, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit.
Reporter Emrah Cakmak and cameraman Halil Kahraman, from the network’s Turkish-language channel, had been reporting near the IDF’s Kirya military headquarters on Tuesday after Iran launched another missile barrage at Tel Aviv and other parts of central Israel.
During the live broadcast, two men believed to be soldiers approached the crew and seized the reporter’s phone, according to initial reports and a video circulating online that could not be independently verified.
Police said officers were dispatched after receiving reports of two people carrying cameras and allegedly broadcasting in real time for a foreign outlet.
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Israel’s long-standing military censorship system, overseen by the IDF Military Censor, has long barred journalists and civilians from publishing material deemed harmful to national security.
Since the Gaza war began, restrictions have expanded significantly, including tighter limits on filming soldiers on duty and sensitive or strategic sites.
After a series of similar incidents involving foreign media — most of them Palestinian citizens of Israel working for Arab-language and international media, along with foreign journalists — during the 12-Day War, Israeli police halted live international broadcasts from missile impact sites, citing concerns that exact locations were being revealed.
The Government Press Office later imposed a blanket ban on live coverage from crash and impact areas.
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir subsequently ordered that all foreign journalists obtain prior written approval from the military censor before broadcasting — live or recorded — from combat zones or missile strike locations.
Police said that when officers asked the CNN Turk crew to identify themselves, they presented expired press cards and were taken in for questioning.
Burhanettin Duran, head of Turkiye’s Directorate of Communications, condemned the arrests as an attack on the press and said Ankara is working to secure the journalists’ release.
