AMINA Newspaper Articles Dataset

We are pleased to introduce the AMINA : An Arabic Multi-Purpose Integral News Articles Dataset , a comprehensive collection of articles gathered from various reputable sources. This dataset is designed to facilitate research in natural language processing, journalism studies, and more. The articles are sourced from the following news outlets:

• Youm7
• BBC
• CNN
• RT
• Elsharq
• ElRai
• Elspahe
• Hespress

Paper Link

You can find more detailed information about the dataset in the accompanying paper here.

Download Instructions

To download and utilize the dataset, you can use the following code snippets for each source:

from datasets import load_dataset

# BBC articles
bbc = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="BBC/BBC.csv")

from datasets import load_dataset

# CNN articles
cnn = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="CNN/CNN.csv")

from datasets import load_dataset

# RT articles
rt = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="RT/RT.csv")

from datasets import load_dataset

# Youm7 articles
youm_7 = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="Youm7/Youm7.csv")

from datasets import load_dataset

# Hespress articles
hespress = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="Hespress/Hespress.csv")

from datasets import load_dataset

# Elspahe articles
elspahe = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="Elspahe/Elspahe.csv")

from datasets import load_dataset

# ElRai articles by category
elrai = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="ElRai/*.csv")

from datasets import load_dataset

# ElSharq articles by category
elsharq = load_dataset("MohamedZayton/AMINA", data_files="ElSharq/*.csv")

Images Link

The Images for some articles for Youm7 and Elsharq newspaper here.

Newspaper Column Attributes

This document details the attributes used in columns for various newspapers.

BBC

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Article: The main content or body of the article.
• Article_Class: The classification or category of the article.
• Write_By: The author or writer of the article.
• Published Date: The date the article was published.

CNN

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Article: The main content or body of the article.
• Article_Class: The classification or category of the article.
• Published Date: The date the article was published.
• Updated Date: The date the article was last updated.

RT

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Article: The main content or body of the article.
• Article_Class: The classification or category of the article.
• Write_By: The author or writer of the article.
• Published Date: The date the article was published.

Youm7

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Article: The main content or body of the article.
• Article_Class: The classification or category of the article.
• Write_By: The author or writer of the article.
• Published Date: The date the article was published.
• Image_id: The unique identifier for the image associated with the article.
• Caption: The caption or description for the image.

Hespress

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Article: The main content or body of the article.
• Article_Class: The classification or category of the article.
• Write_By: The author or writer of the article.
• Date: The date the article was published.

Elspahe

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Article: The main content or body of the article.
• Atrical_Class: The classification or category of the article.
• Date: The date the article was published.

Elrai

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Content: The main content or body of the article.
• Image_path: The path to the image associated with the article.
• Source: The original source of the article.
• Views: The number of views the article has received.
• Publishing_date: The date the article was published.
• Category: The classification or category of the article.

Elsharq

• Title: The headline or main title of the article.
• Body: The main content or body of the article.
• Image Url: The URL of the image associated with the article.
• Image Caption: The caption or description for the image.
• Tags: Keywords or tags associated with the article.
• Tag-source: The source of the tags.
• Views: The number of views the article has received.
• Date: The date the article was published.
• Time: The time the article was published.
• Inner Class: The inner classification or subcategory of the article.
• Class: The primary classification or category of the article.

Citation

@article{zaytoon2024amina,
  title={Amina: an Arabic multi-purpose integral news articles dataset},
  author={Zaytoon, Mohamed and Bashar, Muhannad and Khamis, Mohamed A and Gomaa, Walid},
  journal={Neural Computing and Applications},
  pages={1--21},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Springer}
}