Kuwait Times

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Kuwait Times

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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Yousuf Saleh Alyan
Editor Abd Al-Rahman Alyan
Founded 1961
Language English
Headquarters Shuwaikh, Kuwait
OCLC number 232118740
Official website Kuwait Times

Founded by Yousuf Saleh Alyan in 1961, the Kuwait Times is the first English-language daily newspaper in the Persian Gulf region based in Kuwait.[1] The thirty-six-page broadsheet provides in-depth reporting on local events and business news, analysis and editorials on local, regional, and international issues, and entertainment and sports news and features.

The Kuwait Times also publishes a free 80 page tabloid, the first in the country. The Friday Times offers local commentary, news, and analysis as well as entertainment, sports, and comprehensive features. Its 2001 circulation was 28,000.[1]

Kuwait times has a sister Arabic daily newspaper for a short period of time following the Invasion of Kuwait, Alfajer Aljadeed which was published just for 2 year.

See also

List of newspapers in Kuwait

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Kuwait Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 15 September 2013. 
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