Es-Saada

es-Saada[a] (السعادة Happiness; November 7, 1904[2] - December 27, 1956[2]) was an arabophone weekly newspaper published in Morocco that served as the mouthpiece of the French government.

Commenting on the Tangier Crisis of 1905, es-Saada published: "لا شك أن هاته الاتفاقية الفرنساوية الألمانية قد كشفت قناع المسألة المغربية وأزالت جميع العقبات التي كانت سابقا في وجه الدولة الفرنساوية حيث تحصلت بحسن سياسة وزير خارجيتها وخبرته بالأمور الحكمية على اعتراف دولة الألمان بجميع حقوقها في المغرب ومما يتعلق به كالمعاهدات العتيقة"[3] "There is no doubt that this French-German Treaty has exposed the Moroccan question and removed all barriers that had previously stood before the French state, as it has acquired—thanks to its foreign minister's good politics and experience in governance—recognition from the German state of all of France's rights in Morocco and what pertains to that, such as old treaties.

[8] The newspaper's editorial line took a more radical turn when Wadii' Karam (وديع كرم), a Maronite man from Greater Syria, was appointed editor-in-chief in 1906.

Es-Saada published over 20 articles on the leader of the Kettani Sufi Order and the architect of Fes's conditional allegiance to Abdelhafid in 1908—Muhammad Bin Abd al-Kabiir al-Kettani—and his family and followers.

[14][7] On January 30, 1908, Le Rappel reported that a council of Fesi ulama declared the prohibition of es-Saada in Fes and that its editor, Wadii' Karam, needed to be punished in an exemplary way.

[14][7] Karam's es-Saada also carried out an extensive character assassination campaign against Sheikh Ma’ al-‘Ainain, calling the qaid and spiritual leader’s patriotism and religious devotion into question, describing him as an unscrupulous mendicant and arms smuggler,[16] even peddling rumors that his followers were Shii'a.

and:"لم يكن إشفاق المولى عبد العزيز على هذا الشيخ ولا أكرمه سخاء على حاشيته وأتباعه فمازلنا نتذكر الأنعام العديدة التي حباه بها في العام الماضي والذنوب الكبيرة التي تحمل المخون مسؤوليتها يوم مروره بالدار البيضاء وكيف كانت العمال تقاد إلى طاعة الشيخ صاغرة كالنعاج لدى الراعي والأمناء تتسابق للتبريك …حاملة الهدايا والدراهم، والشيخ يهزأ بالمخزن ويضحك عليه"[16] "Abdelaziz had no compassion for the sheikh, nor did he honor him for the sake of his entourage and supporters.