Al Yamamah (magazine)

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]

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

History and profile

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

References
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  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. "Information". Al Yamamah Press Establishment. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
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  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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