''Al-Jarida'' ( ar, الجريدة, lit=The Newspaper) is an Arabic-language Kuwaiti daily newspaper.

History and profile

Al Jarida was first published on 2 July 2007. The paper is owned by

Mohammed Al-Sager Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager (born 18 June 1951; ar, محمد جاسم الصقر) is a journalist, businessman, and politician. Background Al-Sager received a bachelor's degree in economics from Whittier College (California, US) in 1975. He then w ...

, the former

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of ''

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'' and the former Arab Parliament president. The editor-in-chief for ''Al-Jarida'' is Khalid Alhelal. Bashar AlSayegh was appointed General Manager of Al Jarida Company in June 2021. The paper has a secular stance. On 9 May 2012 the editor-in-chief of the daily was fined 5,000

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($17,550) by the Kuwaiti authorities due to the publication of an article giving the details of the meeting between the

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

and former parliamentarians without taking written approval from the Emiri office in advance.

References

External links

Official website
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