Alrai Alaam
| Type | Daily (launched as a weekly) |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Almasaeed Family |
| Founder(s) | Abdulaziz Almasaeed |
| Editor | Yousef Al masaaeed |
| Founded | 16 April 1961 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Ceased publication | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Kuwait City (previously headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon) |
| Website | alrayalaam |
Al Ray Alaam (Arabic: الرأي العام, lit. 'Public Opinion') was a Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspaper that ceased publication in 1995.
History and operations[edit]
The newspaper was launched by Abdulaziz Al Massaeed on 16 April 1961 as a weekly with the name of Al Rai Aam.[1][2] Al Masaeed was both the owner and the publisher of the newspaper that was initially published in Beirut, Lebanon.[1][3] Later it was relaunched as a daily based in Kuwait.[1] Alrai Alaam ceased publication for ten days on 26 January 1970 when it was suspended by the Kuwaiti authorities due to its harsh criticisms over the editorial of Mohamed Heikal published in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.[4] The license of Alrai Alaam' was rented to Jassim Al Boodai and in 1995, and it was re-published as Al Rai in 2006 after the new press law and under new ownership.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ali Abdulsamad Dashti (2008). The Effect of Online Journalism on the Freedom of Press: The Case of Kuwait (PhD thesis). University of Stirling. hdl:1893/794.
- ^ "Chronology November 16, 1969-February 15, 1970". The Middle East Journal. 24 (2): 192. Spring 1970. JSTOR 4324584.
- ^ "Abdullah Kamal". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
External links[edit]
- alrayalaam
.com, the newspaper's official website (in Arabic)
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