Ash-Shiraa

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Ash Shiraa
الشراع
Editor-in-chief Hassan Sabra
Frequency Weekly
Year founded 1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Country Lebanon
Based in Beirut
Language Arabic
Website Ash Shiraa
OCLC number 10536541

Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon.[1] The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.

History and profile

Ash-Shiraa was launched in 1948.[2] It is described as an anti-Syrian publication[3] and is based in Beirut.[4]

Content

The magazine was the first to report that the United States had been selling weapons to Iran, a scandal that was later revealed to have been part of an arms-for-hostages deal (see Iran-Contra Affair).[3] The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.[5]

See also

List of magazines in Lebanon

References

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