Al-Bilad
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Al Bilad Est
Editor-in-chiefMohmed Al Johani
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersJeddah
Websitealbiladdaily.com//

Al Bilad (Arabic: صحيفة البلاد السعودية) is a Saudi Arabian daily newspaper located in Jeddah.[1][2][3][4]

History

Al 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

References

  1. ^ "Jordan: "Al Bilad" editor detained through penal code article 150". Goliath. 20 March 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  2. ^ Oil Prices to Rise 5 pct., Saudi newspaper says, The Deseret News, 11 December 1978, Retrieved 14 February 2012
  3. ^ "Saudi Arabia: Oldest daily to close due to financial problems". SPA. 8 January 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. ^ "صحيفة البلاد - Albilad newspaper". صحيفة البلاد (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 (18th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 48. doi:10.1515/9783110930047. ISBN 9783598077357.

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