Assayad
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| Categories | Newsweekly |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 76,192 (2009) |
| Publisher | Dar Assayad |
| First issue | 22 November 1943 |
| Final issue | 2018 |
| Company | Dar Assayad |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Based in | Beirut |
| Language | Arabic |
| Website | Assayad |
| ISSN | 0250-3549 |
| OCLC | 473862707 |
Assayad (Arabic: Hunter) was a weekly news magazine published in Lebanon between 1943 and 2018. It was the first pan-Arab magazine in the country. Its headquarters was in Beirut.[1]
Assayad was launched by Dar Assayad publishing house led by Said Freiha on 22 November 1943.[2][3] Freiha was an advocate of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian president.[4] The publishing house also owned other publications including daily Al Anwar.[5][6]
The magazine was based in Beirut[1] and had offices in various cities including Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, London, and Paris.[7] In Fall 2018 the Dar Assayad publishing house ended its operations and closed the magazine together with other publications.[8]
Contributors
Many prominent journalists worked for the magazine: Mustafa Ameen, Nizar Kabbani, Selim El Laouzi, Amin Malouf, Melhem Karam, Said Akl, Nabil Khoury, Hisham Abu Zahr, and Talal Salman.[7] Palestinian journalist Bayan Nuwayhed was a regular contributor of Assayad from 1960 to 1966.[9] Lebanese journalist Jean Obeid joined the magazine in 1966.[10] Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek also work in the magazine.[11]
From 1967 to 1972, its editor-in-chief was Palestinian journalist and writer Ghassan Kanafani.[12] As of 2012, the editorial team of the magazine included Raouf Chahour, Rafik Khoury, George Trad and Lima Nabil.[7]