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It was first published on August 4 , 1933 as a four-page, hand-set paper. The paper, whose staff numbered five, including its founder Gebran Tueni , was started with a capital of 50 gold pieces raised from friends, and a circulation of a mere 500 copies. Gebran's son, Ghassan Tueni , and grandson, also named Gebran Tueni , were subsequent editors and publishers. ''An-Nahar'' is now seen as one of Lebanon's Newspapers Of Record , with a right-wingŲ liberal political line and a strong stance against the Syrian Presence In Lebanon . It is banned in Syria , where the other principal Lebanese newpapers are freely available. Gebran, Ghassan's son, editor of ''An-Nahar'', who was elected to parliament for a Beirut constituency in the 2005 elections, was assassinated on the 12th of December 2005 in Mkalles near Beirut in a car-bomb explosion. Gebran, a fiery critic of Syria and its hegemony in Lebanese affairs, had just returned from Paris, where he had been living for fear of assassination. Prominent writers for ''An-Nahar'' have included novelist and critic Elias Khoury , who edits its weekly cultural supplement ''Al-Mulhaq'' (which appears on Thursdays) and, until his assassination, historian, journalist and political activist Samir Qassir . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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