 | |
 The New Arab print edition in Arabic on 7 April 2025 | |
Native name | العربي الجديد |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private company |
| Industry | News media |
| Founded | March 2014; 11 years ago (2014-03) |
| Founder | Azmi Bishara |
| Headquarters | London,United Kingdom |
| Owner | Fadaat Media |
| Website | www |
The New Arab orAl-Araby Al-Jadeed (Arabic:العربي الجديد) is a London-basedpan-Arab news outlet owned by Qatari company Fadaat Media. It launched an Arabic-language website in March 2014[1] and an Arabic languagedaily newspaper in September 2014. The English version of its website isThe New Arab.
In 2015, Fadaat launchedAl Araby TV Network as a counterweight toAl Jazeera and its perceived bias.[2]
Amid tensions between Qatari emirTamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the director ofAl Jazeera, Tamim launchedAl-Araby Al-Jadeed, headed by the emir's closest advisorAzmi Bishara. According toProfessor Lina Khatib, Al-Jazeera's association with theMuslim Brotherhood and its reputation as a mouthpiece for theSyrian revolution had hurt the channel's credibility. With the launch, Tamim was seeking to establish a voice independent of his parents.[3]
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed was officially launched in March 2014 as a new media project funded by Qatari private holding company Fadaat Media. It launched Arabic-language websiteAl-Araby Al-Jadeed in March 2014 and an Arabic languagedaily newspaper with the same name in September 2014. It also has an English website known asThe New Arab.[4]
Dr.Azmi Bishara, a Palestinian Christian based inDoha and an ex-member of theIsraeli Knesset, runs Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.[4][5]Al-Araby Al-Jadeed now operates globally, with more than 150 staff in three offices, based inBeirut,Doha and London.[6]
Journalists forAl-Araby Al-Jadeed, including Bishara, were targeted by hackers affiliated withProject Raven, a UAE initiative to target the mobile phones of media figures the UAE believed were supported by Qatar.[7]
Bishara described the outlet as "relatively independent" in the context of the Arab world. According to Bishara, "Sometimes the newspaper might be sensitive about what not to say, because you are not there to provoke the people that finance you."[7] According to Professor Lina Khatib,Al-Araby Al-Jadeed is meant to be a rival to pro-Muslim Brotherhood Al Jazeera as a major outlet for the Qatari state's views.[3]
Since 2013, many Egyptian journalists have taken employment at Arab media outlets such asAl-Araby Al-Jadeed, funded by Qatar and critical of the Egyptian government.[8]
The New Arab's English version has a collection of articles that documentIsrael's genocide in Gaza.[9] Amidst the controversy after theal-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion during theGaza war,The New Arab's Arabic-language edition blamed theIsrael Defense Forces (IDF) and denounced U.S. presidentJoe Biden for endorsing IDF's claim that the blast was caused by aPalestinian Islamic Jihad rocket.[10]
The outlet is owned byQatar-based Fadaat Media Ltd. Abdulrahman Elshayyal is the newspaper's CEO.[11][12] Fadaat Media is an Arab media investment company.[13][14]