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'''''Al Yamamah''''' (meaning ''The Dove'' in English)<ref name=sauditourism>{{cite web|title=Discover the enriching experience |url=http://www.sauditourism.com.sa/en/Experiences/news.aspx?NewsID=94 |publisher=Saudi Tourism |accessdate=20 May 2012 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a weekly Arabic [[magazine]] published in [[Saudi Arabia]]. The [[editor-in-chief]] of the magazine is Abdullah Al Jahlan.<ref name=sgazette1>{{cite news|title=Saudi academics praise GCC summit outcome |url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20111222114223 |accessdate=20 May 2012 |newspaper=Saudi Gazette |date=22 December 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003020901/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20111222114223 |archivedate=3 October 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=alarabiya1>{{cite news|author=Nasser Al Sarami|title=Where is the Journalists’ Association heading?|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2012/01/03/186139.html|accessdate=20 May 2012|work=Al Arabiya|date=3 January 2012}}</ref> ''Al Yamamah'' gives the readers information about the Arab nation's issues and contemporary concerns.<ref name=alyamapress/>
'''''Al Yamamah''''' ([[Arabic]]: ''The Dove'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Discover the enriching experience|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2013
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|url=http://www.sauditourism.com.sa/en/Experiences/news.aspx?NewsID=94|work=Saudi Tourism|access-date=20 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418032602/http://www.sauditourism.com.sa/en/Experiences/news.aspx?NewsID=94}}</ref> is a weekly Arabic magazine published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As of 2012 the [[editor-in-chief]] of the magazine was Abdullah Al Jahlan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saudi academics praise GCC summit outcome|url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20111222114223|accessdate=20 May 2012|newspaper=Saudi Gazette|date=22 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003020901/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20111222114223|archivedate=3 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Nasser Al Sarami|title=Where is the Journalists' Association heading?|access-date=20 May 2012
|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2012/01/03/186139.html|work=[[Al Arabiya]]|date=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002102301/http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2012/01/03/186139.html|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Al Yamamah'' provides information about the Arab nation's issues and contemporary concerns.<ref name=alyamapress/>


==History==
==History and profile==
''Al Yamamah'' is one of the earliest magazines published in Saudi Arabia. It was first published by a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian Sheikh [[Hamad Al-Jassir|Hamad Al Jassir]] in [[Riyadh]] in 1952. It was firstly launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages.<ref name=alyamapress>{{cite web|title=Information|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/en/p/info|work=Al Yamamah Press Establishment|accessdate=20 May 2012}}</ref>
It is one of the earliest magazines published in Saudi Arabia which was first published by a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian Sheikh [[Hamad Al-Jassir|Hamad Al Jassir]] in Riyadh in 1953.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Abdul-Karim Ziani|display-authors=et. al. |title=Journalism Education in the GCC Region: University Students' and Professionalism Perspectives|journal=Media Watch|year=2018|volume=9 |page=54|url=https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/74632}}</ref> It was launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages.<ref name=alyamapress>{{cite web|title=Information|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/en/p/info|work=Al Yamamah Press Establishment|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=tawad>{{cite thesis|author=Terki Awad|title=The Saudi press and the Internet: how Saudi journalists and media decision makers at the Ministry of Culture and Information evaluate censorship in the presence of the Internet as a news and information medium|year=2010
|url=https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/24984/|location=[[University of Sheffield]]|page=25|degree=PhD}}</ref> It was first titled ''Al Riyadh'' and later was renamed as ''Al Yamamah''.<ref name=tawad/> In the mid-1950s Abdul Rahman Al Shamrani, a former military officer in the [[Saudi National Guard|National Guard]], anonymously published articles criticizing the [[Saudi royal family|Saudi royals]] due to corruption.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Rosie Bsheer|title=A Counter-Revolutionary State: Popular Movements and the Making of Saudi Arabia|doi=10.1093/pastj/gtx057
|journal=Past & Present|date=February 2018|issue=238|pages=247–248}}</ref>


In 1963, Al Yamamah Press Establishment began to publish the magazine as weekly. It is, along with ''[[Sayidaty]]'' and ''[[The Majalla]]'', a popular magazine in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=saudinet>{{cite web|title=Saudi Arabia - Marketing and Sales Strategy|url=http://the-saudi.net/business-center/marketing_and_sales_strategy.htm|work=The Saudi Network|accessdate=6 June 2012}}</ref> The company is also publisher of a leading newspaper, ''[[Al Riyadh (newspaper)|Al Riyadh]]'', in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=alyamapress/><ref name=dyna>{{cite web|title=Assets |url=http://www.dynagraph.net/assets/Uploads/PRNo2.pdf |work=Dynagraph |accessdate=20 May 2012 |date=27 March 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060653/http://www.dynagraph.net/assets/Uploads/PRNo2.pdf |archivedate=21 September 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Shoult2006">{{cite book|author=Anthony Shoult|title=Doing Business with Saudi Arabia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=or08gGGX_toC&pg=PA402|accessdate=14 December 2012|date=1 May 2006|publisher=GMB Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-905050-67-3|page=402}}</ref> Abdullah Al-Jahlan served as the [[editor-in-chief]] of the magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi Arabia Press|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Saudi-Arabia.html|work=Press Reference|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref> Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who is deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the magazine's political desk.<ref>{{cite news|title=Al Uqaili made deputy chief of Royal Protocol |url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010022063981 |accessdate=6 June 2012 |newspaper=Saudi Gazette |date=20 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003020856/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010022063981 |archivedate=3 October 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>
In 1963, Al Yamamah Press Establishment began to publish the magazine on a weekly basis. It is, along with ''[[Sayidaty]]'' and ''[[The Majalla]]'', a popular magazine in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi Arabia - Marketing and Sales Strategy|url=http://the-saudi.net/business-center/marketing_and_sales_strategy.htm|work=The Saudi Network|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> The company is also publisher of a newspaper, ''[[Al Riyadh (newspaper)|Al Riyadh]]''.<ref name=alyamapress/><ref>{{cite web|title=Assets|access-date=20 May 2012|date=27 March 2011|url=http://www.dynagraph.net/assets/Uploads/PRNo2.pdf|work=Dynagraph|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060653/http://www.dynagraph.net/assets/Uploads/PRNo2.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Anthony Shoult
|title=Doing Business with Saudi Arabia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=or08gGGX_toC&pg=PA402|year=2006|publisher=GMB Publishing Ltd
|isbn=978-1-905050-67-3|page=402}}</ref> Abdullah Al Jahlan served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi Arabia Press|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Saudi-Arabia.html|work=Press Reference|access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who was the deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the magazine's political desk.<ref>{{cite news|title=Al Uqaili made deputy chief of Royal Protocol|url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010022063981|accessdate=6 June 2012
|newspaper=[[Saudi Gazette]]|date=20 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003020856/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010022063981}}</ref>


The 1994 circulation of ''Al Yamamah'' was 35,000 copies.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, CT|page=247|url=https://www.questia.com/read/23321484/mass-media-in-the-middle-east-a-comprehensive-handbook|author=Kuldip R. Rampal|editor=Yahya R. Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana|accessdate=14 October 2013|chapter=Saudi Arabia}}{{Subscription required|via=Questia}}</ref>
In 1994 ''Al Yamamah'' sold 35,000 copies.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook|year=1994
|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, CT|page=247|author=Kuldip R. Rampal|editor1=Yahya Kamalipour|editor2=Hamid Mowlana|chapter=Saudi Arabia|isbn=978-0-3132-8535-6}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
[[List of magazines in Saudi Arabia]]
*[[List of magazines in Saudi Arabia]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.yamamahmag.com/ Official website]
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Al Yamamah
Al Yamamah logo
Editor-in-chiefAbdullah Al Jahlan
CategoriesNewsmagazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherAl Yamamah Press Establishment
FounderHamad Al Jassir
Founded1953; 72 years ago (1953)
CompanyAl Yamamah Press Establishment
CountrySaudi Arabia
Based inRiyadh
LanguageArabic
WebsiteAl Yamamah

Al Yamamah (Arabic: The Dove)[1] is a weekly Arabic magazine published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As of 2012 the editor-in-chief of the magazine was Abdullah Al Jahlan.[2][3] Al Yamamah provides information about the Arab nation's issues and contemporary concerns.[4]

History and profile

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It is one of the earliest magazines published in Saudi Arabia which was first published by a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian Sheikh Hamad Al Jassir in Riyadh in 1953.[5] It was launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages.[4][6] It was first titled Al Riyadh and later was renamed as Al Yamamah.[6] In the mid-1950s Abdul Rahman Al Shamrani, a former military officer in the National Guard, anonymously published articles criticizing the Saudi royals due to corruption.[7]

In 1963, Al Yamamah Press Establishment began to publish the magazine on a weekly basis. It is, along with Sayidaty and The Majalla, a popular magazine in Saudi Arabia.[8] The company is also publisher of a newspaper, Al Riyadh.[4][9][10] Abdullah Al Jahlan served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[11] Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who was the deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the magazine's political desk.[12]

In 1994 Al Yamamah sold 35,000 copies.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Discover the enriching experience". Saudi Tourism. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Saudi academics praise GCC summit outcome". Saudi Gazette. 22 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ Nasser Al Sarami (3 January 2012). "Where is the Journalists' Association heading?". Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "Information". Al Yamamah Press Establishment. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ^ Abdul-Karim Ziani; et al. (2018). "Journalism Education in the GCC Region: University Students' and Professionalism Perspectives". Media Watch. 9: 54.
  6. ^ a b Terki Awad (2010). The Saudi press and the Internet: how Saudi journalists and media decision makers at the Ministry of Culture and Information evaluate censorship in the presence of the Internet as a news and information medium (PhD thesis). University of Sheffield. p. 25.
  7. ^ Rosie Bsheer (February 2018). "A Counter-Revolutionary State: Popular Movements and the Making of Saudi Arabia". Past & Present (238): 247–248. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtx057.
  8. ^ "Saudi Arabia - Marketing and Sales Strategy". The Saudi Network. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Assets" (PDF). Dynagraph. 27 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  10. ^ Anthony Shoult (2006). Doing Business with Saudi Arabia. GMB Publishing Ltd. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-905050-67-3.
  11. ^ "Saudi Arabia Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Al Uqaili made deputy chief of Royal Protocol". Saudi Gazette. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  13. ^ Kuldip R. Rampal (1994). "Saudi Arabia". In Yahya Kamalipour; Hamid Mowlana (eds.). Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-3132-8535-6.
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