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 March 2012 cover of Al Jamila | |
| Editor-in-chief | Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi |
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| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Saudi Research and Publishing Company |
| First issue | 1 October 1994 |
| Company | Saudi Research and Marketing Group |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Language | Arabic |
Al Jamila is an Arabic monthly women's magazine, published in Dubai. It is one of the publications of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.
Al Jamila was firstly launched in London [1] and then, in Riyadh in October 1994. [2] The magazine was relocated from London to Dubai in 2005. [3]
It is one of the magazines published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Research and Marketing Group. [4] The company also owns other magazines such as Sayidaty , The Majalla , Urdu Magazine and Hia as well as newspapers such as Arab News , Al Eqtisadiah , Urdu News and Asharq al Awsat . [5]
As of 2013 Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi was the editor-in-chief of the magazine, who had been in this post since 2004. [6] [7] He is also editor-in-chief of Sayidaty. [7]
Al Jamila mainly involves news on beauty and health, and offers its readers in-depth articles about the latest make-up looks, beauty products and treatments as well as news on health and fitness. [8] [9]
It was reported by Al Khaleejiah in 2011 that Al Jamila is read 89.7% by females and 10.3% by males. It was further indicated that female readers of the magazine are those between 18 and 29 years old. [10] Therefore, the target audience of the magazine is teenagers and young adult women in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. [11]
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