List of newspapers in Lebanon

Hadiqat al-Akhbar (The News Garden in English) is the first daily newspaper of Lebanon which was launched in 1858.[1] From 1858 to 1958 there were nearly 200 newspapers in the country.[2] Prior to 1963 the number of newspapers was more than 400.[3] However, the number reduced to 53 due to the 1963 press law.[3][4]

Censorship of the press in the country occurred during the Ottoman era.[5] It was also frequent in 1976 following the intervention of Syrian military in the Lebanese Civil War on behalf of Maronite Christians.[6] As of 2012, the newspapers were being published in three major languages of Arabic, English and French[7] and there were 12 Arabic dailies.[3]

The following is a list of well-known newspapers published in Lebanon.

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  2. ^ Meir Zamir (2000). Lebanon's Quest: The Search for a National Identity, 1926-39. I.B.Tauris. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-86064-553-2.
  3. ^ a b c "Many voices". The Business Year. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Top Lebanese Newspapers & News Sites - Newspapers in Lebanon". Newspapers in Lebanon. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. ^ Donald J. Cioeta (May 1979). "Ottoman Censorship in Lebanon and Syria, 1876-1908". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 10 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1017/s0020743800034759. JSTOR 162125. S2CID 163019820.
  6. ^ Miriam Cooke (14 August 2007). Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8223-4035-5.
  7. ^ Paul Doyle (1 March 2012). Lebanon. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-84162-370-2.