Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Print, online |
Owner(s) | Jordan Press and Publishing Company |
Editor | Mustafa Riyalat |
Founded | 28 March 1967 |
Language | Arabic |
Headquarters | Amman, Jordan |
Website | Ad-Dustour website |
Ad-Dustour ( Arabic: الدستور, meaning The Constitution) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Jordan. [1] Its headquarters is in Amman, Jordan.
The first issue of Ad-Dustour (in Arabic الدستور) was published on 28 March 1967 [2] [3] as a result of a merger of two publications: Filastin (in Arabic فلسطين) and Al Manar (in Arabic المنار) [4] [5] published in the West Bank and that had ceased publication in 1967 because of the Six-Day War.
The daily was a private company until 1986 when the Jordanian government bought a share of it. [6] The daily has nearly 600 staff.
From 1991 to 1995 Musa Keilani served as the editor-in-chief of the paper. [7] Its editor was Nabil Sharif until February 2009. [8] [9] Its current editor-in-chief is Mustafa Riyalat. [10]
In 1998, the daily started its website, the first in the Arab world to do so. [11]
The estimated circulation of Ad-Dustour was 40,000[ when?] whereas it was 90,000 copies in 2003. [3]
An Arabic website, Industry Arabic, named Ad Dustour as the most influential Arabic newspaper in 2020. [11]
The daily contains four or five sections:
صبيحة يوم الثلاثاء 28/3/1967 صدر العدد الأول من صحيفة "الدستور" في 8 صفحات كشركة مساهمة خاصة تحت اسم الشركة الأردنية للصحافة والنشر، وهي مدرسة الصحافة الأردنية الحديثة فضلاً عن كونها وريثة لتاريخ وتقاليد صحف عديدة، رسخت في وجدان القارئ الأردني والعربي والمصدر الذي يعتمد عليه في التعرف على أخبار الوطن والعالم. وفي عام 1986 م تحولت إلى شركة مساهمة عامة.(Translation from Google Translate, edited: "On the morning of Tuesday, 03.28.1967 the first issue of the newspaper 'the Constitution' in the 8 pages as a private shareholding under Jordanian Company for Press and Publication name... In 1986 it turned into a public joint stock company.")