Alchourouk الشروق

What Alchourouk الشروق does

Alchourouk (الشروق), legally operated through the publishing entity Dar Anouar (دار الأنوار) and doing business as جريدة الشروق التونسية, is a privately held Tunisian daily independent newspaper headquartered at 25 Rue Jean Jaurès, Tunis. Its core product is the digital newspaper platform at alchourouk.com, delivering daily Arabic-language journalism across multiple editorial verticals: politics (سياسة), national affairs (وطنية), regional coverage (جهاتنا), sports (رياضة), crime and legal (جرائم و قضايا), culture and arts (ثقافة وفنّ), economy (اقتصاد), world news (عالمية), technology (تكنولوجيا), health (طبّ و صحّة), and services (خدمات). The publication also operates a live streaming channel (الشروق مباشر), a dedicated video hub (فيديو), and recurring editorial franchises including 'Writers' Corner' (أقلام الشروق), 'Chourouk Fridays' (شروق الجمعة), 'Songs from the Beautiful Era' (أغنية من الزمن الجميل), and 'From the Past' (من الماضي).

The underlying platform is a standard CMS-driven news website (Drupal-style based on the /themes/custom/alchourouk/ path) with article pages, photo albums, embedded video, RSS syndication at alchourouk.com/rss, and social distribution across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. No mobile app, public API, SDK, or third-party integrations are exposed in the source data. The architecture is conventional digital publishing rather than a differentiated technology stack.

The business model combines free, ad-supported digital distribution on alchourouk.com with a paid subscription service (البواقة / إشترك في الشروق) accessed via the boutique.alchourouk.com e-commerce storefront, which bundles print and digital access. Go-to-market is mass-market B2C targeting the general Arabic-speaking public in Tunisia and the broader Arab world. No public pricing tiers, advertising rate cards, or revenue figures are disclosed. The company is privately held by Dar Anouar, has approximately 20 employees, and shows no evidence of external funding, M&A activity, partnerships, patents, awards, or named institutional investors.

Name

Alchourouk الشروق

Legal name

دار الأنوار (Dar Anouar)

Website

https://alchourouk.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alchourouk (الشروق) is a privately held Tunisian daily independent Arabic-language digital newspaper, published by Dar Anouar and serving general readers in Tunisia and the wider Arab world with multi-section news, video, live streaming, and paid print/digital subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Daily Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAA)

Keywords

• Daily newspaper
• News publishing
• Digital journalism
• Arabic media
• News subscription

Headquarters

HQ city

Tunis

HQ country

Tunisia

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Alchourouk is an independent Tunisian daily newspaper published by Dar Anouar (دار الأنوار) that delivers Arabic-language news coverage across politics, national affairs, regional news, sports, crime/legal issues, culture and arts, economy, international news, technology, and health. The newspaper distributes content via its website (www.alchourouk.com), a live streaming channel (الشروق مباشر), a video section, and offers paid print and digital subscriptions through boutique.alchourouk.com.

Product overview

Alchourouk (الشروق) is a Tunisian daily independent newspaper operating primarily as a digital news platform. Its product portfolio consists of a core digital newspaper with multiple editorial sections spanning politics (سياسة), national affairs (وطنية), regions (جهاتنا), sports (رياضة), culture and art (ثقافة و فنّ), economy (اقتصاد), world news (عالمية), crime and legal cases (جرائم و قضايا), technology (تكنولوجيا), health (طبّ و صحّة), services (خدمات), video content (فيديو), and special features such as 'Songs from the Beautiful Era' (أغنية من الزمن الجميل), 'Chourouk Fridays' (شروق الجمعة), 'Writers' Corner' (أقلام الشروق), and 'From the Past' (من الماضي). The site also publishes editorial/opinion pieces under the 'مع الشروق' banner. The newspaper is published by Dar Ennour (دار الأنوار) and is headquartered in Tunis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Alchourouk Digital Newspaper (جريدة الشروق التونسية) The core digital newspaper platform delivering daily independent Arabic-language journalism across multiple editorial categories (politics, national affairs, regions, sports, crime and legal, culture and arts, economy, international news, technology, and health) for Tunisian and broader Arab-world readers.
• Alchourouk Live Stream (الشروق مباشر) A live streaming channel providing real-time broadcast coverage of press conferences, breaking news, and events to news readers.
• Video Section (فيديو) A dedicated video content hub within the Alchourouk platform hosting sports commentary, news clips, documentaries, and historical archives (e.g., 'Marsi Mahmoud' football analysis videos) for news consumers.
• Alchourouk Subscription (إشترك في الشروق) A paid subscription service providing premium access to the newspaper's print and/or digital content for individual subscribers, sold via the boutique.alchourouk.com storefront.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mosaïque FM / Mosaïque Web: Leading Tunisian private media outlet with a digital news platform covering politics, economy, sports and culture. Direct local competitor for Tunisian news audience and digital advertising spend.
• La Presse de Tunisie: Historic Tunisian French/Arabic daily newspaper and one of the country's flagship news titles. Competes head-to-head with Alchourouk for Tunisian readers, advertisers, and subscription revenue.
• Kapitalis: Tunisian online news portal focused on politics, economy, and investigative reporting. Competes for the same digitally native, politically engaged Tunisian readership as Alchourouk.
• Assabah (جريدة الصباح): Tunisian Arabic-language daily newspaper covering politics, economy, sports and culture. Direct competitor in the same local news market with a similar horizontal coverage profile to Alchourouk.

Broad incumbents

• Al Jazeera (Arabic): Pan-Arab 24/7 news organization with vast digital reach, Arabic-language editorial, live streaming and video. Competes for the same Arabic-reading Tunisian audience but at a vastly larger scale and with deeper resources.
• Al Arabiya: Major pan-Arab news network offering Arabic digital news, live streaming and video content. Competes with Alchourouk for Arab-world digital audience and ad budgets from regional brands.
• BBC News Arabic: Global public broadcaster's Arabic-language digital news platform covering world, regional, and Tunisian news. Competes for credibility-conscious Arabic readers in Tunisia and pulls digital ad spend.

Emerging players

• Nawaat: Tunisian independent digital news and civic journalism platform. Smaller and more activist-oriented than Alchourouk, but overlaps in the independent, digitally delivered Tunisian news niche.

Regional players

• Le Quotidien d'Oran / Le Temps: French-language daily newspapers in neighboring Maghreb markets (Algeria / Tunisia). Comparable French/Arabic local journalism formats targeting North African audiences, similar in geography but not the same country.
• Al Shorouk (الشروق - Egypt): Egyptian Arabic-language daily newspaper with a similar editorial mix (politics, culture, sports). Comparable product format and Arabic-language audience but operates in the Egyptian market rather than Tunisia.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Al_chourouk
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUQwCirvlD4rea9AsGI5i2Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/alchouroukonline
• Instagraminstagram.com/alchourouk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alchourouk-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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