Al-Quds Al-Arabi
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Al-Quds Al-Arabi Publishing and Advertising (Overseas) Ltd |
| Editor |
Abdel Bari Atwan (1989-2013) Sana Aloul (2013- ) |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | London |
| Circulation | 15,000-50,000 (estimated) |
| Website | alquds.co.uk |
Al Quds Al Arabi (Arabic: القدس العربي, English: "Arab Jerusalem") is an independent pan-Arab daily newspaper, published in London since 1989 and owned by Palestinian expatriates. The paper's motto is (Arabic: يومية سياسية مستقلة "daily, political, independent"). Its circulation is estimated to be somewhere between 15,000 and 50,000. From the start until July 2013, its editor-in-chief was Abdel Bari Atwan, who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza Strip in 1950.
The paper has a reputation for being more populist and aggressive in its defense of the Palestinian cause and by extension more confrontational toward Israel, particularly when compared to the other prominent off-shore pan-Arab dailies, like Asharq al-Awsat or Al-Hayat, which are owned by members of the Saudi royal family. As indicated by its motto, the paper stresses this distinction by emphasizing its independent ownership and viewpoint relative to the other prominent pan-Arab dailies.
Al Quds Al Arabi was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in London. The paper first came to global attention after Atwan traveled to Afghanistan in 1996 to interview Osama bin Laden. Like Al-Jazeera, contacts with terrorist groups such as Al-Qa'ida have consistently stirred attention and controversy in the West toward Atwan and the paper, particularly in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
The fatāwā of Osama bin Laden in 1996 were first published in the paper. Several statements from the person or people who sign themselves the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades were also published in the paper. On the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Atwan wrote: "The events of 11 September will be remembered as the end of the US empire. This is because all empires collapse when they pursue the arrogance of power." However, Atwan explicitly condemned terrorist attacks on innocent Western civilians, as he wrote in one of his two books, The Secret History of al Qa'ida: "I do not endorse or in any way support al-Qa'ida's agenda" and "I utterly condemn the attacks on innocent citizens in the West".
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