Al-Seyassah

Al-Seyassah (Arabic: السياسة, romanized: as-Siyāssa, lit. 'Politics'; also transliterated Al-Siyasa) is a Kuwaiti daily newspaper published by Dar Al-Seyassah Press Publishing Printing and Distribution Co.[1] The editor-in-chief of the newspaper is Ahmed Al-Jarallah.[1]

Al-Seyassah
السياسة
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Founder(s)Abdulaziz F. Al-Masaeed
Ahmed Al-Jarallah
PublisherDar Al Seyassah Company for Printing, Publishing and Distribution WLL
Editor-in-chiefAhmed Al Jarallah
Founded3 June 1965 (1965-06-03)
LanguageArabic
CountryKuwait
Sister newspapersArab Times,AlHadaf Magazine,Hadafnet
OCLC number54902195
WebsiteAl-Seyassah

History

Al-Seyassah was launched on 3 June 1965 as a weekly magazine by Ahmed Al-Jarallah and owned by Abdulaziz F. Al-Masaeed.[2][3][4] In 1968, Al-Jarallah bought Al-Seyassah from Al-Masaeed with a bank loan and, with assistance from his friend the minister of information, obtained the license to turn the weekly magazine to a daily newspaper format.[5][6][7]

Naji al-Ali worked for the paperfrom 1968 to 1974.[8] In 1977, Jarallah expanded Al-Seyassah into a media group, which also publishes the English-language Arab Times newspaper and the weekly magazine Al-Hadaf (Arabic: الهدف, lit. 'The Target') in partnership with Syrian businessman Mazen Al-Tarazi.[9]

In 1977, the assets of Al-Seyassah were estimated at more than five million Kuwaiti dinars ($17.25m) in 1977 values, including a printing plant which was at the time the most modern in the region.[10]

In 2003, the newspaper held the 4th circulation ranking in Kuwait, with an adult readership of 302,700, a daily circulation of 75,679 copies, and a market share of 16.82%.[1]

See also

List of newspapers in Kuwait

References
  1. Simeon Djankov, Caralee McLiesh, Tatiana Nenova, Andrei Shleifer. (October 2003). "Who Owns The Media?" Journal of Law and Economics, XLVI(2). Media data country files.
  2. Kuwait. Press Reference. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. Kjetil Selvik (2011). "Elite Rivalry in a Semi-Democracy: The Kuwaiti Press Scene". Middle Eastern Studies. 47 (3): 477–496. doi:10.1080/00263206.2011.565143. S2CID 154057034.
  4. "Kuwait". The Arab Press network. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  5. Haya Al Mughni; Mary Ann Tétreault (2004). "Engagement in the Public Sphere: Women and the Press in Kuwait". In Naomi Sakr (ed.). Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 122. doi:10.5040/9780755604838.ch-008. ISBN 978-1-85043-545-7.
  6. "THE PRESS LORDS OF KUWAIT". 2 November 1989. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "21 information ministers have successively assumed responsibility for the ministry since Kuwait's independence". Al-Anbna Newspaper. 11 November 2011.
  8. Arab and Muslim Media Reactions to the Fall of Baghdad MEMRI. 11 April 2003. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  9. Ahmed Al-Jarallah: Bio Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Emirate Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR).
  10. "The Gulf reporter who became a newspaper tycoon". Events 3. Shore Varrone, Inc., 1977. p. 51.
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