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Al Yamamah (magazine)

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Al Yamamah
Al Yamamah logo
Editor-in-chiefAbdullah Al Jahlan
CategoriesNewsmagazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherAl Yamamah Press Establishment
FounderHamad Al Jassir
Founded1953; 71 years ago (1953)
CompanyAl Yamamah Press Establishment
CountrySaudi Arabia
Based inRiyadh
LanguageArabic
WebsiteAl Yamamah

Al Yamamah (Arabic: The Dove)[1] is a weekly Arabic magazine published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As of 2012 the editor-in-chief of the magazine was Abdullah Al Jahlan.[2][3] Al Yamamah provides information about the Arab nation's issues and contemporary concerns.[4]

History and profile

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It is one of the earliest magazines published in Saudi Arabia which was first published by a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian Sheikh Hamad Al Jassir in Riyadh in 1953.[5] It was launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages.[4][6] It was first titled Al Riyadh and later was renamed as Al Yamamah.[6] In the mid-1950s Abdul Rahman Al Shamrani, a former military officer in the National Guard, anonymously published articles criticizing the Saudi royals due to corruption.[7]

In 1963, Al Yamamah Press Establishment began to publish the magazine on a weekly basis. It is, along with Sayidaty and The Majalla, a popular magazine in Saudi Arabia.[8] The company is also publisher of a newspaper, Al Riyadh.[4][9][10] Abdullah Al Jahlan served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[11] Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who was the deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the magazine's political desk.[12]

In 1994 Al Yamamah sold 35,000 copies.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Discover the enriching experience". Saudi Tourism. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Saudi academics praise GCC summit outcome". Saudi Gazette. 22 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ Nasser Al Sarami (3 January 2012). "Where is the Journalists' Association heading?". Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "Information". Al Yamamah Press Establishment. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ^ Abdul-Karim Ziani; et al. (2018). "Journalism Education in the GCC Region: University Students' and Professionalism Perspectives". Media Watch. 9: 54.
  6. ^ a b Terki Awad (2010). The Saudi press and the Internet: how Saudi journalists and media decision makers at the Ministry of Culture and Information evaluate censorship in the presence of the Internet as a news and information medium (PhD thesis). University of Sheffield. p. 25.
  7. ^ Rosie Bsheer (February 2018). "A Counter-Revolutionary State: Popular Movements and the Making of Saudi Arabia". Past & Present (238): 247–248. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtx057.
  8. ^ "Saudi Arabia - Marketing and Sales Strategy". The Saudi Network. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Assets" (PDF). Dynagraph. 27 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  10. ^ Anthony Shoult (2006). Doing Business with Saudi Arabia. GMB Publishing Ltd. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-905050-67-3.
  11. ^ "Saudi Arabia Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Al Uqaili made deputy chief of Royal Protocol". Saudi Gazette. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  13. ^ Kuldip R. Rampal (1994). "Saudi Arabia". In Yahya Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana (eds.). Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-3132-8535-6.
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