''Assawt'' (in
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
الصوت meaning ''The Voice'' in English), also known as ''Al Sawt'' was an
Arabic-language
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
based in
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
.
History
''Assawt'' was established in 2008 and its first issue appeared on 21 October 2008.
It became the fifteenth daily in the country.
[ Youssef Al Someit, former information minister of Kuwait, headed the daily.][
However, ''Assawt'' was disestablished in January 2009 due to economic reasons.]
See also
List of newspapers in Kuwait
Newspapers in Kuwait are published in English, French and Urdu, in addition to Arabic. the publishing reach the peak at 2009 there were 14 Arabic dailies, three English dailies and a dozens weekly newspapers in Kuwait. but the numbers decreased si ...
References
2008 establishments in Kuwait
2009 disestablishments in Kuwait
Arabic-language newspapers
Defunct newspapers published in Kuwait
Newspapers established in 2008
Publications disestablished in 2009
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