''Al-Nida ('The Call') was a newspaper published from

Kuwait City Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...

during the Iraqi occupation 1990–1991. In August 1990 the Iraqi authorities shut down the ''

al-Qabas ''Al-Qabas'' () is an Arabic daily Kuwaiti newspaper and tabloid published by Dar Al Qabas Press Printing Publishing and Distribution Company in Kuwait City. History and profile ''Al-Qabas'' was launched on 22 February 1972. The founding share ...

'' newspaper and founded ''al-Nida'' using the requisitioned facilities of ''al-Qabas''. ''Al-Nida was the sole newspaper published in Kuwait during this period. It was distributed for free in Kuwait. It was also sold in

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

. The newspaper carried speeches by

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

and information of laws and decrees issues by the Iraqi authorities. The newspaper was shut down on 1 January 1991, without any stated explanation. After the fall of Iraqi rule in Kuwait, 24 former employees of ''al-Nida'' were tried in Martial Law Court.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nida Mass media in Kuwait City Arabic-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1990 Publications disestablished in 1991 Defunct newspapers published in Kuwait 1990 establishments in Kuwait 1991 disestablishments in Kuwait