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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Owner | Faisal bin Salman |
| Founder | Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) |
| Publisher | Saudi Research and Publishing Company |
| Editor | Abdul Wahab al Faiz[1] |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Circulation | 51,481[2] |
| Sister newspapers | Al Eqtisadiah[3] Asharq al Awsat[4] |
| ISSN | 0254-833X |
| OCLC number | 4574467 |
| Official website | http://www.arabnews.com |
Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. It is published simultaneously from Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam.[5] The target audiences of the paper are businessmen, executives and diplomats.[6]
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History
Arab News was founded on April 20, 1975 by Hisham Hafiz and his brother Mohammad Hafiz.[7] It was the first English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia.[8] Arab News is the first publication of SRPC.[9]
Ownership
The paper is one of twenty-nine publications published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company (SRPC), a subsidiary of Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG).[10]
The chairman of SRMG and therefore, Arab News is Faisal bin Salman.[9]
Prominent columnists
Arab News produces both a print version and an online version. Among its staff is Hana Hajjar, the only female political cartoonist in Saudi Arabia.[11]
Chief editors
Muhammad Ali Hafiz and Zuhair Al Fakeeh were two early editors of Arab News in 1976. Muhammad Al Shibani became the editor-in-chief of the paper in 1981. Later, Khaled Almaeena began to work as editor-in-chief from 1982 to 1993. Then, Farouk Luqman worked as editor-in-chief beginning in 1993 for a short period. In 1994, Dr. Abdul Qader Tash became the editor-in-chief. His tenure lasted for four years.[8]
The editor-in-chief was Khaled Al-Maeena from 1998 to October 2011. The current editor-in-chief is Abdul Wahab al Faiz.[12] Al Faiz is former chief editor of Al Eqtisadiah that is another daily paper published under SMRG and former editor of the internationally-distributed weekly magazine Al Majalla, another publication of SMRG. [13]
Position
Arab News is regarded as one of the Saudi newspapers dominated by Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz and his brother Salman bin Abdul Aziz.[14] In fact, since the publisher of Arab News, SPRC, is a subsdiary of SRMG, Prince Salman's son Faisal bin Salman is owner of the paper.[12]
Contents
Arab News offers a variety of news ranging from politics and finance to sports and social events.[6]
One of the good examples of the transparency in media was a commentary written on the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks by Rasheed Abu Alsamh published in Arab News:[15]
First, we must stop denying that any of the hijackers were Saudis or even Arab. We must also stop saying that the September 11 attacks were a CIA-Zionist plot to make the Arabs and Islam look bad. That is utter nonsense. We must be mature and responsible enough to admit that these sick minds that hatched and perpetrated these dastardly attacks, were, sadly, a product of a twisted viewpoint of our society and our religion...We must stop the hatred being taught to our children in schools.
On May 8 2011, Hassan bin Youssef Yassin, a longtime aide to Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal, wrote in Arab News that the Arab countries had all failed miserably to offer either democracy or economic well-being.[16]
Controversy
Although the paper is owned by SMRG that is close to the Saudi government, there are some incidents in which journalists of the paper are dismissed by the government. One of such incidents occurred in April 2007. Journalist Fawaz Turki was dismissed for publishing a column on the atrocities of Indonesia during its 1975-99 occupation of East Timor. It was also reported that Turki had previously been warned by related Saudi authorities to stop his criticisms about former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.[17]
Distribution
In addition to its domestic distribution in Saudi Arabia, Arab News has a wide range of international distribution, including United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Near East, North Africa, Europe and the USA.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Al-Faiz new editor in chief of Arab News". Arab News. October 8, 2011. http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/al-faiz-editor-chief-arab-news-230503584.html. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia". Press References. http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Saudi-Arabia.html. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ "Al-Fayez Appointed Al Eqtisadiah Editor". Arab News. July 19, 2003. http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=29055&d=19&m=7&y=2003. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ "The Saudi Press: Profiles of Individual Papers". Wikileaks. http://wikileaks.org/cable/1991/04/91RIYADH3320.html#. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ^ a b "Arab Media Review: Anti-semitism and other trends". Anti-Defamation League (ADL). July-December 2010. http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/arab/arab-media-review-July-December2010.pdf. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Publications of SPPC". Saudi Resarch and Marketing Group. http://www.sppc.com.sa/Templates/SRMG/InternalTemplate.aspx?PostingId=276. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ^ "Biography". Hisham Ali Hafiz. http://www.hishamalihafiz.com/bio.htm. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ a b Ramnarayan, L. (April 22, 2005). "Phases, faces and paces". Arab News. http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=9§ion=0&article=62527&d=22&m=4&y=2005&pix=community.jpg&category=Features. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ a b "Publications". Saudi Research and Publishing Company. http://www.srpc.com/en/publications. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ Rajasingham, K.T. (October 10, 2011). "Khaled A. Almaeena - The bastion of modern Saudi Arabia". Asian Tribune. http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/10/10/khaled-almaeena-bastion-modern-saudi-arabia. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ^ Sterns, Olivia. "Female cartoonist's provocative work challenges Saudi society." CNN. 27 October 2009. Retrieved on 29 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Al-Faiz new editor in chief of Arab News". SRPC. http://www.srpc.com/en/node/44. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ "Ideological and Ownership Trends in the Saudi Media". Cablegate. 11 May 2009. http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09RIYADH651. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ Mouline, Nabil (April-June 2010). "Power and generational transition in Saudi Arabia". Critique Internationale 46. http://www.peacecenter.sciences-po.fr/publica/critique/46/ci46_nm.pdf. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
- ^ Kapiszewski, Andrzej (2006). "Saudi Arabia: Steps toward Democratization or Reconfiguration of Authoritarianism?". Journal of Asian and African Studies 41 (5-6): 459–482. DOI:10.1177/0021909606067407. http://jas.sagepub.com/content/41/5-6/459. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ Ottoway, David B. (2011). "Saudi Arabia in the Shadow of the Arab Revolt". Middle East Program. Occasional Papers Series: 1-20. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Saudi%20Arabia%20in%20the%20Shadow%20of%20the%20Arab%20Revolt.pdf. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ^ "2007 Annual Report. Middle East and North Africa". Reporters without borders. 2007. http://arabia.reporters-sans-frontieres.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_en_me-2.pdf. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
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