''Emarat Al Youm'' (

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: الإمارات اليوم, ''al-Imārāt al-yawm'' - meaning ''The Emirates Today'') is an Arabic

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published by

Dubai Media Incorporated Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) is the official media organization of the government of Dubai. It was established in 2003 as a state-owned company comprising a number of print, radio and TV channels under its umbrella including: Dubai TV, '' Al Ba ...

. The paper is published in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

. The newspaper content focuses on domestic issues and other topics of interest to Arab readers.

History and profile

''Emarat Al Youm'' was first published on 20 September 2005. The owner and publisher of the paper was the

Arab Media Group Arab Media Group (AMG) is a Dubai, United Arab Emirates based entertainment company and a strategic business vertical of Dubai Holding. AMG covers radio broadcasting, event management, and family entertainment. AMG is an engaging premier integrat ...

until October 2009 when the

became both owner and publisher. Sami Al Reyami is the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the daily. One of its sister papers is ''

Emirates 24/7 Emirates 24/7, stylised as Emirates 24, 7, is a Dubai Media Incorporated news website and television news programme, respectively. The televised news programme, Emirates 24/7, is a 30-minute segment broadcast weekly on Dubai Media Inc.'s televisio ...

'', an English-language daily. In July 2009, the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal closed down the print and online versions of the paper for 20 days and also, fined its editor $5,445 due to the publication of an article in October 2006 which alleged that some of the ruling family's thoroughbred race horses were given steroids. On 26 July 2009, the paper was relaunched. The paper's online version was the twenty-second most visited website for 2010 in the

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. ''Emarat Al Youm'' was given by

Dubai Press Club Dubai Press Club (Arabic: نادي دبي للصحافة) is a part of the Government of Dubai Media Office founded in November 1999 by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and is based in Dubai Media City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It launched th ...

the Political Journalism Award in 2013.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emarat Al Youm 2005 establishments in the United Arab Emirates Arabic-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates Mass media in Dubai Political newspapers Newspapers established in 2005

History and profile

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