''Arab Times'' is the first English-language newspaper published in independent

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

The ''Arab Times'' was started in 1977 by Dar Al-Seyassah as a weekly publication, and was soon transferred into a daily newspaper, playing a remarkable role in Kuwait and the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

area. The paper is based in

Al Shuwaikh Shuwaikh Port ( ar, ميناء الشويخ, transliteration : ''Minaa' Shuweekh'') (Coordinates:29°21′9″N 47°55′31″E) is an urban industrial area within the Al Asimah Governorate (Capital Governorate) in Kuwait City, Kuwait. A number ...

. Its 2001 circulation was reported by the paper to be 48,000. The current editor-in-chief of the daily is Ahmed Al-Jarallah.

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1977 establishments in Kuwait English-language newspapers published in Arab countries Mass media in Shuwaikh Port Newspapers established in 1977

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