''Al Yamamah'' (
Arabic
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: ''The Dove'') is a weekly Arabic
magazine
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published in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
. As of 2012 the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of the magazine was Abdullah Al Jahlan. ''Al Yamamah'' gives the readers information about the Arab nation's issues and contemporary concerns.
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History and profile
''Al Yamamah'' 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 1952. It was launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages.National Guard
National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards.
Nat ...
, anonymously published articles which criticized the Saudi royals due to corruption.
In 1963, Al Yamamah Press Establishment began to publish the magazine on a weekly basis. It is, along with ''Sayidaty
''Sayidaty'' (Arabic سيدتي ''Sayyidatī'', meaning ''My Lady'' in English) is a weekly Arabic and a monthly English women's magazine published in both Riyadh and Beirut and distributed throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Am ...
'' and ''The Majalla
''The Majalla'', often directly transliterated as ''Al Majalla'' (Arabic:المجلة, "the magazine") is a Saudi-owned, London-based political news journal published in Arabic, English and Persian. The magazine's headquarters in Saudi Arabia i ...
'', a popular magazine in Saudi Arabia. The company is also publisher of a newspaper, ''Al Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...
''.[ Abdullah Al Jahlan served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who was the deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the magazine's political desk.
In 1994 ''Al Yamamah'' sold 35,000 copies.]
See also
*List of magazines in Saudi Arabia
In the 1990s there were about twenty-five magazines and periodicals in Saudi Arabia. Editions of some international magazines, including ''Marie Claire'' and ''Madame Figaro'', are also published in the country. The Arabic edition of ''Madame Figa ...
References
External links
Official website
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1952 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Arabic-language magazines
Magazines established in 1952
Magazines published in Saudi Arabia
Mass media in Riyadh
News magazines published in Asia
Weekly news magazines