Al Bilad (Arabic: صحيفة البلاد السعودية) is a Saudi Arabian daily newspaper located in Jeddah.[1][2][3][4]
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Al Bilad Est |
| Editor-in-chief | Mohmed Al Johani |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Jeddah |
| Website | albiladdaily |
History
editAl Bilad is the first daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia, founded by Mohammad Saleh Nasif on 3 April 1932 under the name Sawt al-Hijaz (Arabic: Voice of Hijaz).[5] Then on 3 April 1946 it became Al Bilad Al Saudia, and on 26 January 1959 the paper merged with Arafat newspaper and was renamed as Al Bilad Daily.
Ghalib Hamza Abulfaraj, a Saudi businessman, served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Jordan: "Al Bilad" editor detained through penal code article 150". Goliath. 20 March 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ Oil Prices to Rise 5 pct., Saudi newspaper says, The Deseret News, 11 December 1978, Retrieved 14 February 2012
- ^ "Saudi Arabia: Oldest daily to close due to financial problems". SPA. 8 January 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "صحيفة البلاد - Albilad newspaper". صحيفة البلاد (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ Terki Awad (2010). The Saudi press and the Internet: how Saudi journalists and media decision makers at the Ministry of Culture and Information evaluate censorship in the presence of the Internet as a news and information medium (PhD thesis). University of Sheffield. p. 25.
- ^ Publitec Publications, ed. (2007). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 (18th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. p. 48. doi:10.1515/9783110930047. ISBN 9783598077357.
External links
edit- Al Bilad website (in Arabic)
- (in English)
Media related to Al-Bilad (Saudi newspaper) at Wikimedia Commons
