Al Yamamah (magazine)

Al Yamamah

Al Yamamah logo
Editor-in-chief Abdullah Al Jahlan
Categories Newsmagazine
Frequency Weekly
Publisher Al Yamamah Press Establishment
Year founded 1952 (1952)
Company Al Yamamah Press Establishment
Country Saudi Arabia
Language Arabic
Website Al Yamamah

Al Yamamah (meaning The Dove in English)[1] is a weekly Arabic magazine published in Saudi Arabia. The editor-in-chief of the magazine is Abdullah Al Jahlan.[2][3] Al Yamamah, along with Sayidaty and The Majalla, is among popular magazines in Saudi Arabia.[4]

History

Al Yamamah is one of the earliest magazines published in Saudi Arabia. It was first published by a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian Sheikh Hamad Al Jassir in Riyadh in 1952. It was firstly launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages. In 1955, it became a weekly magazine with just four pages.[5]

In 1963, Al Yamamah Press Establishment began to publish the magazine as weekly. The company is also publisher of a leading newspaper, Al Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia.[5][6][7] Abdullah Al-Jahlan served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[8] Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who is deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the magazine's political desk.[9]

The 1994 circulation of Al Yamamah was 35,000 copies.[10]

Content

Al Yamamah gives the readers information about the Arab nation's issues and contemporary concerns.[5]

See also

List of magazines in Saudi Arabia

References

  1. ↑ "Discover the enriching experience". Saudi Tourism. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Saudi academics praise GCC summit outcome". Saudi Gazette. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Nasser Al Sarami (3 January 2012). "Where is the Journalists’ Association heading?". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Saudi Arabia - Marketing and Sales Strategy". The Saudi Network. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Information". Al Yamamah Press Establishment. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Assets" (PDF). Dynagraph. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Anthony Shoult (1 May 2006). Doing Business with Saudi Arabia. GMB Publishing Ltd. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-905050-67-3. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Saudi Arabia Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Al Uqaili made deputy chief of Royal Protocol". Saudi Gazette. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Kuldip R. Rampal (1994). "Saudi Arabia". In Yahya R. Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana. Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 247. Retrieved 14 October 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)

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