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{{Short description|Jordanian newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = Al Ghad <br>(الغد)
| native_name        = الغد
| image              = Alghad.jpg
| image_size         = 250px
| caption            = The front page of the ''Al Ghad'' on Sunday 31 October 2010
| type               = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format             = Print, online
| foundation         = {{start date and age|2004|8|1|df=yes}}
| owners             = Al Faridah Specialized Printing
| headquarters       = [[Amman]]
| editor             =
| publisher          =
| language           = [[Arabic]] and [[English language|English]]
| ISSN               =
| OCLC               = 234713902
| website            = [http://www.alghad.com/ Al Ghad website]
| circulation        =
| political          = Liberal
}}
The '''''Al Ghad''''' ({{langx|ar|الغد}} , '<nowiki/>''Tomorrow''') is a privately owned and the first independent [[Arabic]] daily [[national newspaper]] published in [[Jordan]] and headquartered in [[Amman]].<ref name=osf/>
==History and profile==
''Al Ghad'' was founded by Mohammad Alayyan in August 2004.<ref name=osf/><ref name=mme>{{cite web|title=Al Ghad |url=http://whoswho.mediame.com/profile-view/66 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210081254/http://whoswho.mediame.com/profile-view/66 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 February 2012 |work=Media Me |accessdate=22 September 2013 }}</ref><ref name=oxf>{{cite book|title=The Report: Emerging Jordan 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YuSY8llhkPQC&pg=PA190|year=2007|publisher=Oxford Business Group|isbn=978-1-902339-74-0|page=190}}</ref> Alayyan is also the chairman of the Al Faridah Specialized Printing, publisher of the daily.<ref name=oxf/><ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.jmi.edu.jo/en/content/41/Board-of-Directors|publisher=Jordan Media Institute|accessdate=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810120219/http://www.jmi.edu.jo/en/Content/41/Board-of-Directors|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2005 Emad Hmoud was the [[editor-in-chief]] of the paper.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report on Media in Jordan for 2005|url=http://www.ifex.org/jordan/2006/03/21/capsule_report_aai_report_on_media/|publisher=IFEX|accessdate=11 September 2014|date=21 March 2006}}</ref>
Militants stormed the paper's headquarters in November 2011, attacking employees. Editor-in-chief Mustafa Saleh's resignation the following month coincided with the dismissal of [[Jumana Ghunaimat]], editor-and-chief of the state-owned al-Rai, by then-Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communication, Rakan Al-Majali.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press and Cultural Freedom in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine|url=http://www.skeyesmedia.org/extensions/pdf/english_final.pdf|work=SKeyes|accessdate=10 October 2014|format=Annual report|year=2011}}</ref> Its editor-in-chief was Jumana Ghunaimat<ref name=osf/><ref>{{cite web|title=Jumana Ghunaimat|url=http://www.weforum.org/contributors/jumana-ghunaimat|publisher=World Economic Forum|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> who was appointed to the post in late 2011,<ref>{{cite news|title=Maaytah to Head Al Arab Al Yawm, Ghnaimat chief editor of Al Ghad daily|url=http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=15147#.VBFndy5_sX4|accessdate=11 September 2014|work=Ammon News|date=1 January 2012}}</ref> through 2018. {{As of|2011}} Mohammed Sweidan was the managing editor of the daily.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Rana F. |last1=Sweis|title=In Jordan, Some Regret a Missed Opportunity|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world/middleeast/03iht-m03-jordan.html?_r=0|accessdate=11 September 2014|work=The New York Times|date=2 March 2011|location=Amman}}</ref>
In addition to its print version, it launched online version<ref name=osf>{{cite web|author1=Rana F. Sweis|author2=Dina Baslan|title=Mapping Digital Media: Jordan|url=http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/mapping-digital-media-jordan-20131121.pdf|publisher=Open Society Foundations|accessdate=11 September 2014|date=10 October 2013}}</ref> which has reached a significant number of readers.<ref name=mme/> It was the 10th most visited website for 2010 in the [[MENA region]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10|url=http://www.jadaoun.com/2803/forbes-releases-top-50-mena-online-newspapers-lebanon-fails-to-make-top-10/|accessdate=11 September 2014|work=Jad Aoun|date=28 October 2010|archive-date=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729212745/http://www.jadaoun.com/2803/forbes-releases-top-50-mena-online-newspapers-lebanon-fails-to-make-top-10/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The paper was awarded three prizes in the categories of Best Design, Best Front Page, and Best Electronic Portal in the 7th Asia Media Awards, organized by the [[World Association of Newspapers]] and News Publishers (IFRA).<ref name=mme/> In 2018, ''Al Ghad'' was named the most influential Arabic newspaper website by Industry Arabic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.industryarabic.com/arabic-newspapers-2018/|title=RANKED: The Most Influential Arabic Newspapers (2018 Edition) - Industry Arabic|date=2018-07-11|work=Industry Arabic|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193225/https://www.industryarabic.com/arabic-newspapers-2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Content==
The newspaper is organized into five sections:<ref name=mme/>
* Al Ghad Al Urduni (الغد الأردني): for local news of [[Jordan]]
* Arabs and the World ( العرب والعالم): covers international and regional news
* Al Tahaddi (التحدي): for sports news
* Economy (اقتصاد): covers international economics and business news
* Hyatuna (حياتنا):  covers health and lifestyle news
==See also==
*[[List of newspapers in Jordan]]
==References==
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{{Newspapers in Jordan}}
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[[Category:Newspapers established in 2004]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Jordan]]
[[Category:Arabic-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Jordan]]
[[Category:Mass media in Amman]]