Akhbar
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Akhbar in Arabic (أخبار) is the plural of khabar (خبر), meaning news or, in Classical Arabic, reports about significant past events. The Arabic term occurs in the titles of many newspapers and other media, and may refer to:
Journals
Middle East and North Africa
Akhbar el-Yom, an Egyptian weekly newspaper, founded 1944
Al-Akhbar (Egypt), an Egyptian daily, founded 1952
Akhbar Al-Adab, an Egyptian literary weekly newspaper
Al Akhbar (Lebanon), a Lebanese daily newspaper, founded 2006
Akhbar Al Khaleej, a Bahrain daily newspaper
Akhbar Al Arab, a daily newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates
'Akhbar ha-'Ir (lit., 'City Mouse'; also a pun on the Arabic term), an Israeli weekly entertainment guide
South Asia
Akhbarul Hind, an Arabic-language fortnightly newspaper published in Mumbai, India
Akhbar-e-Jahan, an Urdu-language weekly family magazine from Karachi, Pakistan
Al Akhbar (Pakistan), an Urdu-language daily from Pakistan
Khalsa Akhbar, a Punjabi-language weekly Sikh newspaper, published 1886-1905
Koshur Akhbar, a Kashmiri-language online newspaper from Indian Jammu and Kashmir
Other
Akhbar (Shia Islam), in Shia Islam refers to the transmitting of hadith.
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