The Majalla

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The Majalla
Editor-in-chief Salman bin Yousuf Al Dossary
Categories Online Newsmagazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 86.961 (2009)
Publisher Saudi Research Publishing Company
Year founded 1980 (1980)
Company Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG)
Country United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia
Language Arabic, English and Persian
Website The Majalla
ISSN 0261-0876

The Majalla, often directly transliterated as Al Majalla (Arabic:المجلة, "the magazine") is a Saudi-owned, London-based political news journal published in Arabic, English and Persian.[1]

The Majalla, along with Sayidaty and Al Yamamah, is among popular magazines in Saudi Arabia.[2]

History and profile

The Majalla was launched by Hisham Hafiz in London in 1980.[3][4] The magazine is currently owned by Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG),[5] and was reestablished in 1987 by Ahmed bin Salman, then chairman of the SRMG.[6] The current chairman of the SRMG is Turki bin Salman Al Saud.[7]

The SRMG owns many other newspapers such as Arab News, Al Eqtisadiah, Urdu News and Asharq Al Awsat and magazines, including Sayidaty, Al Jamila, Arrajol, Bassim and Heya.[8] From 1980 to 2009 a print edition was issued weekly, every Sunday. In April 2009 the magazine moved to an all-online format.[9][10] Online version continues to be published weekly.[11]

Editors

Gabriel G. Tabarani served as the deputy managing editor of the Majalla from 1980 to 1984.[12] From 1983 to 1987 the chief editor of the magazine was Othman Al Omeir who currently owns news portal Elaph.[13] Then Abdel Rahman Al Rashid served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1987 to 1998.[14] Adel Al Toraifi was appointed editor-in-chief of the Majalla in 2010,[1] and the chief editor of the magazine.[15] In July 2012, Toraifi was also appointed deputy deputy chief editor of Asharq Al Awsat, a daily published by SRMG.[16] His term ended in July 2014.[17] Toraifi's term as the editor-in-chief of the magazine ended in July 2014 when Salman bin Yousuf Al Dossary was appointed to the post.[18]

Content

The Majalla offers the readers an overview of the main weekly news, analysis and exclusive reports with a focus on political affairs.[19] The magazine also provides news from USA today, Time Magazine, World Monitor and MEED.[19]

Because of its close connection with the Arab world, The Majalla has often broken stories from sources close to militant groups like the PLO,[20] Hamas,[21] and Al-Qaeda.[22][23][24] It also publishes articles written by senior Saudi princes like Prince Turki Al Faisal.[25]

The magazine is also well known for its political cartoons, particularly those by the late Mahmoud Kahil.[26] These were often critical of Israel and the United States.[27][28] The Majalla sponsored London's first Festival for Arab Caricature in 1989.

Circulation

The 1994 circulation of The Majalla was 116,000 copies.[29] The audited circulation of the magazine at the end of the 1990s is stated to be just under 100,000 copies.[4] Its 2009 circulation was 86.961 copies.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 "Al Toraifi New Editor-in-chief of Asharq Al Awsat". Asharq Al Awsat. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Saudi Arabia - Marketing and Sales Strategy". The Saudi Network. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Biography". Hisham Hafiz. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 Alterman, Jon B. (1998). "New Media New Politics?" (PDF). The Washington Institute 48. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Saudi Research and Marketing Group" (PDF). Money Expert Club. November 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "SRMG" (PDF). The Majalla. September 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Saudi Research and Marketing Group appoints new chairman". Al Arabiya. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Medıa personalıty of the year; AMF honours Saudı Prınce Faısal" (PDF). MEPA Monthly Bulletin 31 (31). March 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  9. ↑ Jeffrey Ghannam (3 February 2011). "Social Media in the Arab World: Leading up to the Uprisings of 2011" (PDF). The Center for International Media Assistance. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  10. ↑ Gabriel Chahine; Christopher Vollmer. "The Advent of Digital News in the GCC" (PDF). Booz & Company. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Arab Media Outlook 2009-2013" (PDF). Dubai Press Club and Value Partners. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  12. ↑ Gabriel G. Tabarani (16 May 2011). Jihad's New Heartlands: Why the West has Failed to Contain Islamic Fundamentalism. Author House. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4678-9180-6. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "The Murdoch of the Middle East". The Majalla. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "Abdel Rahman Al Rashid". The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  15. ↑ "About The Majalla". SUSRIS. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Adel Al-Toraifi appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Al Awsat". The Majalla. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  17. ↑ "Adel Al Toraifi". Arabian Business. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  18. ↑ Salman Al Dossary appointed Asharq Al Awsat editor in chief Asharq Al Awsat. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  19. 1 2 3 "Saudi Research and Marketing Group" (PDF). Global Investment House. November 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  20. ↑ Remnick, David (6 May 2002). "Rage and Reason". The New Yorker.
  21. ↑ Mishal, Shaul. "The Pragmatic Dimension of the Palestinian Hamas: A Network Perspective" (PDF). p. 583.
  22. ↑ Miyazaki, Jamie (22 November 2003). "Japan, Korea new terror fronts". Asia Times.
  23. ↑ "Al Qaeda vows back-breaking strike". Reuters. 27 December 2003.
  24. ↑ Lis, Jonathan (15 November 2003). "Report: Al-Qaida claims responsibility for attacks". Haaretz.
  25. ↑ Aslam, Mohammad I. (3 March 2012). "Al Majalla: The leading Arab magazine?". American Thinker. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  26. ↑ "Welcome". Mahmoud Kahil. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  27. ↑ Hammond, Andrew (2007). Popular Culture in the Arab World: Arts, politics, and the media. American University in Cairo Press. p. 260. ISBN 977-416-054-1.
  28. ↑ Long, Jerry M (2004). Saddam's war of words: politics, religion, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. University of Texas Press. p. 165. ISBN 0-292-70264-7.
  29. ↑ Kuldip R. Rampal (1994). "Saudi Arabia". In Yahya R. Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana. Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 247. Retrieved 14 October 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)

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