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Updated: June 28, 2025

When interviewed by the French daily newspaper Le Monde of March 23, 1998, Redha Belkhat, chief editor, told: "For the Algerian diaspora, to find in a newsstand of London, New York, or Ottawa an issue of El Watan less than a week old is an achievement. Now the newspaper is here at 6 AM, and at noon it is on the Internet."

Marie Lebert - From the Print Media to the Internet

Moreover, with the Internet, it is possible to read on-line titles which are difficult to find in newsstands, like the Algerian daily newspaper El Watan, on-line since October 1997.

Marie Lebert - From the Print Media to the Internet

I get all the articles and I put them on-line during the night from my house." The press review is prepared using the newspapers of Algiers, Algeria. In the same article, Mohamed Zaoui explained: "The editorial staff of El Watan, for example, sends us articles which cannot be published there. It is a way to confound censorship.

Marie Lebert - From the Print Media to the Internet