The Majalla
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Editor-in-chief | Salman bin Yousuf Al Dossary |
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Categories | Online Newsmagazine |
Frequency | Weekly |
Circulation | 86.961 (2009) |
Publisher | Saudi Research Publishing Company |
Year founded | 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]
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