El Moudjahid
Encyclopedia
El Moudjahid is an Algeria
n French language
newspaper. It was originally conceived as an FLN
guerrilla information bulletin during the 1954-62 Algerian War, circulated among resistance fighters. Its name, a French transliteration
of the Arabic مجاهد (Mujahid
) means "holy warrior", a name used by the FLN to refer to its soldiers.
After the war, it became the main newspaper of Algeria, acting as a propaganda
organ for the single-party FLN government. When Algeria opened up its closed system in 1988 and allowed for the publication of independent newspapers, El Moujahid stayed in publication. Today it is a state newspaper, but its ties with the FLN were cut as the party was jolted out of power with the 1991 elections.
It is published daily, except Fridays, which in Algeria is the holiday. The paper is headquartered on the Algiers
seafront, near the parliament and central bank.
Award-winning journalist Omar Belhouchet
worked at El Moudjahid early in his career before leaving with nineteen colleagues in 1990 to found the independent El Watan
.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
newspaper. It was originally conceived as an FLN
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...
guerrilla information bulletin during the 1954-62 Algerian War, circulated among resistance fighters. Its name, a French transliteration
Transliteration
Transliteration is a subset of the science of hermeneutics. It is a form of translation, and is the practice of converting a text from one script into another...
of the Arabic مجاهد (Mujahid
Mujahideen
Mujahideen are Muslims who struggle in the path of God. The word is from the same Arabic triliteral as jihad .Mujahideen is also transliterated from Arabic as mujahedin, mujahedeen, mudžahedin, mudžahidin, mujahidīn, mujaheddīn and more.-Origin of the concept:The beginnings of Jihad are traced...
) means "holy warrior", a name used by the FLN to refer to its soldiers.
After the war, it became the main newspaper of Algeria, acting as a propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
organ for the single-party FLN government. When Algeria opened up its closed system in 1988 and allowed for the publication of independent newspapers, El Moujahid stayed in publication. Today it is a state newspaper, but its ties with the FLN were cut as the party was jolted out of power with the 1991 elections.
It is published daily, except Fridays, which in Algeria is the holiday. The paper is headquartered on the Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
seafront, near the parliament and central bank.
Award-winning journalist Omar Belhouchet
Omar Belhouchet
Omar Belhouchet is an Algerian journalist who has been prosecuted by his government on numerous occasions. He publishes the daily newspaper El Watan , which he founded in 1990 after he and nineteen colleagues left the FLN government-owned newspaper El Moudjahid .-Journalism:After receiving a...
worked at El Moudjahid early in his career before leaving with nineteen colleagues in 1990 to found the independent El Watan
El Watan
El Watan is an independent newspaper in Algeria. The paper was founded in 1990 after Omar Belhouchet and nineteen colleagues left the FLN government-owned newspaper El Moudjahid ....
.