Al Muharrir

Al Muharrir was first published in December 1974.^[1] The daily was the organ of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party.^[2][3] Therefore, it had a socialist leaning^[4] and oppositional stance.^[5]

Omar Benjelloun served as the editor-in-chief of the paper who was assassinated on 18 December 1975.^[6] Later Mustafa Karchawi assumed the post.^[7] Mohammed Abed Al Jabri, a Moroccan critic and academic, was among the significant contributors of the paper from its start.^[1][4] Abdelkerim Mouti was another regular contributor.^[8]

Together with other opposition papers, including Al Alam and L'Opinion, Al Muharrir was frequently suspended during the mid-1970s.^[8] The paper ceased publication in June 1981.^[9][10] It was succeeded by Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki which was first published in May 1983.^[9][11]