Shihan (newspaper)
Jordanian weekly newspaper published in Arabic
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Shihan (Arabic: شيحان) was a Jordanian weekly newspaper published in Arabic.[1] The word Shihan is also the name for a mountain located in the southern part of Jordan, close to the city of Al-Karak.
Native name | شيحان |
|---|---|
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
| Format | Print, online |
| Publisher | Arab Printers Company |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Amman |
| Website | http://www.shihannews.net |
History and profile
Shihan is being published weekly by Arab Printers Company.[2][3] The paper has ties with the Muslim Brotherhood group in Jordan.[4]
On 2 February 2006 Shihan published the caricatures of Muhammad originally published by the Jyllands-Posten.[5] The reaction of the Jordanian street to this controversial move resulted in the newspaper's editor, Jihad Al Momeny, being fired.[2][6]
