Al Yamamah (magazine)

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Al Yamamah
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Editor-in-chiefAbdullah Al Jahlan
Categories Newsmagazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherAl Yamamah Press Establishment
Founder Hamad Al Jassir
Founded1953;70 years ago (1953)
CompanyAl Yamamah Press Establishment
CountrySaudi Arabia
Based in Riyadh
Language Arabic
Website Al Yamamah

Al Yamamah (Arabic: The Dove) [1] is a weekly Arabic magazine published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As of 2012 the editor-in-chief of the magazine was Abdullah Al Jahlan. [2] [3] Al Yamamah provides information about the Arab nation's issues and contemporary concerns. [4]

Contents

History and profile

It is one of the earliest magazines published in Saudi Arabia which was first published by a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian Sheikh Hamad Al Jassir in Riyadh in 1953. [5] It was launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages. [4] [6] It was first titled Al Riyadh and later was renamed as Al Yamamah. [6] In the mid-1950s Abdul Rahman Al Shamrani, a former military officer in the National Guard, anonymously published articles criticizing the Saudi royals due to corruption. [7]

In 1963, Al Yamamah Press Establishment began to publish the magazine on a weekly basis. It is, along with Sayidaty and The Majalla , a popular magazine in Saudi Arabia. [8] The company is also publisher of a newspaper, Al Riyadh . [4] [9] [10] Abdullah Al Jahlan served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine. [11] Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who was the deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the magazine's political desk. [12]

In 1994 Al Yamamah sold 35,000 copies. [13]

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