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Saudi Gazette
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherOkaz Organization for Press and Publication
Editor-in-chiefDr. Mohammed Shoukany
Associate editorDr. Abdullah Al-Bargi
Founded1976
HeadquartersJeddah Saudi Arabia
ISSN1319-0326

Saudi Gazette is an English language daily newspaper published in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[1]

As of May 2005, Dr. Ahmed Yousaf Al-Sanad is the editor-in-chief.[2]

Now, the Gazette's Editor-in-Chief is a Saudi academic called Mohammed Al-Shoukany, who successfully brought the Gazette into a totally new format in 14 April 2007. Shoukany has assigned a number of professionals to help him run the newspaper. Mohammed Salim Al-Kinani, Abdullah Al-Hariri and Adel Al-Malki are the only Saudi reporters in the Gazette.[citation needed]. It publishes two weekly magazines for the kids: Fun Times Junior and Fun Times Teens. It has a daily two-page Tagalog supplement and a weekly Urdu supplement for its expat readers. Its 60-member editorial team is headed in the newsroom by Managing Editor Shams Ahsan.

Former editors of the Saudi Gazette include Saud Islam, and Iyad Madani. The latter went on to become Saudi Arabia's minister of culture.

Saudi lady Journalist Sameera Aziz is a senior Editor in Saudi Gazette. She is the only Saudi woman working in the senior post in Saudi Gazette.

External links

  1. ^ "Country profile: Saudi Arabia". BBC. April 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
  2. ^ "Status of International Scholars / Delegations". International Ulama Conference on Population and Development. 4th - 6th May, 2005. Retrieved 2007-05-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)