Al Ahdath Al Maghribia was established by Mohammad Brini and other
socialist dissidents in 1999. The publisher is Entreprise Maghrebine de Médias. The newspaper's editor is
Mokhtar Laghzioui and it is headquartered in
Casablanca. Although the paper has an independent socialist political leaning, it is close to the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces. The paper is based in
Casablanca. As of June 2012 Mokhtar Laghzioui was the
editor-in-chief of the daily. The newspaper is controversial for pioneering many genres of stories not pursued before by other newspapers. It is both high and low brow, offering articles on both philosophy and personal advice columns. It has a sensational style and has been threatened by some for violating social norms. The 2003 circulation of the paper was 80,000 copies, making it the most read newspaper in the country. ==References==