Dar Assabah

The Tunisian press, printing, publishing, distribution and advertising society, "Dar Assabah" is a private company with a capital of 1,008,880 TND, long held by the family Cheikhrouhou. In 2009, Sakhr El Materi, Chairman of the Princesse Holding Group, acquired 70% shares of Dar Assabah. Princesse Holding held also other media such as Radio Zitouna FM (launched by them in 2007). Dar Assabah spoke openly in favor of Ben Ali (eg in 2009). Sakhr El Materi's assets were seized by the state after the revolution and Al Karama Holding (former Princesse Holding) is now under the control of the State (see Decree-Law No. 2011-13 of 14 March 2011, on confiscation of assets and movable and immovable property). Dar Assabah also used to publish the weekly Saba Al Khair before the revolution.
Business Form
private (confiscated)
Legal Form
S.A. corporation
Business Sectors
printing, publishing, distribution and advertising
Company
Individual Owner
Other Print Outlets
Le Temps
Assabah Al Ousboui
Other Online Outlets
General Information
Founding Year
1969
Founder
Habib Cheikhrouhou
Affiliated Interests Founder
Cheikhrouhou Habib was born in 1914 in Sfax. In 1951 he founded Assabah, a daily in Arabic, followed by Le Temps in 1997, a daily in French and finally Assabah Al Ousboui, a weekly in Arabic, in 1985. When died in 1994, the publishing house Dar Assabah remained in the hands of his family.
Employees
186 (2011)
Contact
Boulevard Mohamed Bouazizi, Menzah, Tunis
Tel: +216 71 238 222
Fax:+216 71 753 693
Tax/ ID Number
B164771997 - Register of Commerce
000393H - Tax Number
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
2.7 Mio. $/ 5.6 Mio. TND (2014)
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
-1.4 Mio.$/-3 Mio. TND (2014)
Advertising (in % of total funding)
1.46 Mio. $/ 3.15 Mio TND (2015) (56%)
Management
Executive Board
Al Karama Holding- Mohamed Anouar Maarouf
Presidency of the Government represented by Houda Ben Amor
Ministry of Culture represented by Lotfi Ben Mbarek
Ministry of Economy and Finance represented by Raja Lahmadi
Abderrahmen Khochtali (CEO)
Raouf Cheikh Rouhou (son of the founder)
Non-Executive Board
Missing Data
Supervisory Board
Missing Data
Further Information
Headlines
Dar Assabah (2016), Questionnaire, available upon request
A. Khochtali & H. Ghribi, interview, May 9, 2016
Registre de Commerce (2016), Dar Assabah