History and Ownership
Fatina Salaheddine, an American of Lebanese descent, is the owner and publisher of Al-Sahafa.
Coincidentally, the launch of Al-Sahafa was in the summer before September 11, 2001, bringing the Arabs, the Middle East, Islam and Arab Americans to the forefront of the news and media. Through Al-Sahafa, Salaheddine was determined to initiate and open dialogue to help bridge the gap of tolerance and acceptance each month, by providing news with the “Arab” viewpoint, reminding readers that “there is always the other side to every story told”.
Al-Sahafa is a tabloid size newspaper. It is published on the first Tuesday of every month, and is also available online. In addition to editing, Salaheddine is the founder and CEO. Al-Sahafa is the first of its kind, providing readers with a scope of Arab-American events, news, cultural highlights, featured editorials and an Arab perspective on politics. It is published in the English language.
In the beginning, Al-Sahafa’s target audience was Arab Americans, but September 11 brought the curiosity of all communities that wanted to know more about Arabs and the Middle East.So, each month Al-Sahafa has found increasing interest from the many Italian, Greek, Spanish, Russian, Eastern European, African American and Asian communities that are e-mailing their comments and questions, as well as subscribing.
Since the launch of Al-Sahafa, it has grown to a statewide distribution and Salaheddine intends it to become America’s leading and most trusted Arab American publication.
Each month 150,000 copies of the Al-Sahafa Newspaper are strategically placed all over the state of Ohio in downtown city hall and government buildings, grade and high schools, colleges, libraries, news stations, hospitals, law firms, bakeries, hotels, airports, restaurants and coffee shops. There is also a large subscription base of close to 15,000 that are mailed outside the state of Ohio each month as well, to all embassies, politically important locations Washington D.C., to nationally recognized colleges, Arab American organizations and companies doing business with the Middle East.
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