The Majalla

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This article is about the online newspaper. For the Ottoman civil code, see Mecelle.
The Majalla
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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; 44 years ago (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

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External links

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