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Al-Sahafa Newspaper
	File:AlsahafaCover200710.jpg Front page of Al-Sahafa
Type	Monthly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Fatina Salaheddine
Editor	Fatina Salaheddine
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Al-Sahafa Newspaper Office 11535 Lorain Avenue / Suite # 1 Cleveland, Ohio 44111-5457 United States
Circulation	150,000 Monthly (Ohio) 15,000 Montly (Nationally & Internationally)
Website	www.Al-Sahafa.us

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Al-Sahafa is Ohio's only state-wide Arab-American newspaper. It was created with the purpose of "exposing issues that are seldom, if ever, discussed on American network and cable outlets".^[1] It is intended to portray issues of interest to Arab Americans without siding with a political bias. List of Al-Sahafa Issues

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History

The Paper bas started in 2000. The first Issue was published in January of 2002. Opened in Cleveland's largest Arabic neighboorhood. Faced controversy over coverage of the Iraq War. Only Ohio correspondent for Al Jazeera^[1]

Founder

File:FatinaSalaheddineofAlSahafa.jpg

Fatina Salaheddine Publisher & CEO

Fatina Salaheddine

Lebanease-American^[23]

Fatina at age 22 hosted Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates. Discusses her job at the Cleveland Clinic's Omni International Hotel ^[24]

Latest Issue

File:AlsahafaCover200712.jpg

December2007 Issue

The December issue discusses...

The historic meeting between Pope Benedict and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah
The Current State of the U.S. & the Middle East
A discussion of Hookah pipes
Anger Management
The influence of Arabic on other languages
Marriage in Saudi Arabia

Community Involvement

Case Western Reserve University

Member of the Friendship Caravan Advisory Board^[25]

WVIZ/PBS & WCPN

Al-Sahafa is arabic for "the media" or "the reporter". Readership of 150,000 in Ohio, plus additional readers nationally and internationally. It is a free newspapers. Social Groups Arab-American Community Center for Economic and Social Services Arab Americans of Central Ohio The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee The Cleveland American Middle East Organization The Lebanese-American Chamber of Commerce The Lebanese-Syrian Junior Women's League. ^[26]

Special Interest

Couz'n Kadin ^[27]

Recognition

Criticism

Discusses the Cedar Revolution and urges nonviolence ^[28]

References

[sun-1] Sun Newspaper - Young publisher lures Arab readers - May 2005 print web

[2] Cleveland Plain Dealer (North by Northeast) - March 2002

[3] Cleveland Magazine - January 2003

[4] Hasnaa Magazine - February 2003

[5] Cleveland Jewish News - February 21, 2003

[6] Cleveland Plain Dealer (Mosaic Section) - April 15, 2003

[7] Crain's Cleveland Business Magazine - August 18-24, 2003

[8] Dirva - Ohio's Lithuanian Newspaper - November 2003

[9] Cleveland Plain Dealer (Mosaic Section) - December 16, 2003

[10] Cleveland Plain Dealer (Mosaic Section) - January 20, 2004

[11] Cleveland Plain Dealer (Mosaic Section) - June 15, 2004

[12] Fairlawn Magazine - Faces of Fairlawn - August 2004

[13] Inside Business Magazine - One To Watch - October 2004

[14] La Stampa (Italian Newspaper) - October 6, 2004

[15] Le Figaro (French Newspaper) - October 31, 2004

[16] Women's Community Foundation 2004 Premier Calendar

[17] Northern Ohio Live Magazine - March 2005

[18] Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ten Minutes With Fatina Salaheddine - May 2005

[19] Forbes Middle East Magazine - April 2006

[20] Sharq Magazine (London's Arab Lifestyle Magazine) - July/August 2006

[21] Women in Business (M.E. Magazine) - July/August 2006

[22] Cleveland Plain Dealer (Metro Section) - September 21, 2007

[23] Lebanease Abroad

[24] Cleveland Magazine - A Palace Away From Home

[25] Friendship Caravan - Advisory Board

[26] Sharq Magazine - Empowerment is the Dream

[27] The Plain Dealer - Arab-American newspaper lends columnist's voice to young adults in Ohio

[28] "ANMag - An Open Letter From One Lebanease To Another"

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 [http://www.al-sahafa.us Al-Sahafa] is [[Ohio|Ohio's]] only state-wide [[Arab-American]] [[newspaper]].
 It was created with the purpose of "exposing issues that are seldom, if ever, discussed on American network and cable outlets".<ref name="sun">Sun Newspaper - Young publisher lures Arab readers - May 2005 [http://al-sahafa.us/MakingNews-SunNewspaperMay2005.htm print] [http://www.sunnews.com/news/2005/part1/0526/MSALAH.htm web]</ref>
 It is intended to portray issues of interest to Arab Americans without siding with a political bias.
 [[List of Al-Sahafa Issues]]
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 [[Fatina Salaheddine]]
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 Lebanease-American<ref>[http://www.lebanese-abroad.com/signatures.php?select=S Lebanease Abroad]</ref>