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Al Ayyam was founded in 1958.[1] The founder was Mohammad Bashraheel. The paper was shut down after South Yemen became independent under a Marxist regime in 1967. Bashraheel's son Hisham resumed publication in 1990 after the unification of North and South Yemen.[2]
The paper's compound in Sanaa had been the subject of an attack by a dozen gunmen in February 2008.[3] Based in Aden,[1] it was the most widely read newspaper in southern Yemen,[citation needed] when it was one of seven newspapers closed in May 2009,[1] with the government accusing the paper of supporting separatism.[4] It reappeared in May 2014 after a five-year halt.[5]
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- ^ a b c Reporters without Borders, 5 May 2009, Major crackdown on independent media Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Obituary: Hisham Ba-Shraheel and al-Ayyam: an unfinished journey Archived 2014-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Al Bab. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ Reporters without Borders, 15 February 2008, Armed attack on independent daily's office in Sanaa
- ^ "Independent newspapers in Yemen: Situation and future horizons" (Report). Yemen Polling Center. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ صحيفة عدنية عريقة تعود للصدور بعد توقف دام سنواتاقرأ المزيد من عدن الغد | صحيفة عدنية عريقة تعود للصدور بعد توقف دام سنوات (مصور) Aden Al Ghad. Retrieved 11 September 2014.