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Al-Jarida

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Aljarida
الجريدة
TypeDaily
Owner(s)Mohammed Al Sager
Editor-in-chiefKhalid Alhelal
Founded2 July 2007; 17 years ago (2007-07-02)
Political alignmentLiberal
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersKuwait
Websitewww.aljarida.com

Al-Jarida (Arabic: الجريدة, lit.'The Newspaper') is an Arabic-language Kuwaiti daily newspaper.

According to Haaretz, "[i]t is generally assumed in the Arab world that the paper is used as an Israeli platform for conveying messages to other countries in the Middle East."[1]

History and profile

Al Jarida was first published on 2 July 2007.[2] The paper is owned by Mohammed Al-Sager,[3] the former editor-in-chief of Al-Qabas and the former Arab Parliament president. The editor-in-chief for Al-Jarida is Khalid Alhelal.[4][5]

The paper has a secular stance.[6] On 9 May 2012 the editor-in-chief of the daily was fined 5,000 dinar ($17,550) by the Kuwaiti authorities due to the publication of an article giving the details of the meeting between the Emir and former parliamentarians without taking written approval from the Emiri office in advance.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Report: U.S. Gives Israel Green Light to Assassinate Iranian General Soleimani", Haaretz, 1 January 2018, retrieved 3 January 2012
  2. ^ Selvik, Kjetil (2011). "Elite Rivalry in a Semi-Democracy: The Kuwaiti Press Scene". Middle Eastern Studies. 47 (3): 477–496. doi:10.1080/00263206.2011.565143.
  3. ^ Mona Kareem (10 July 2012). "Liberals without Liberalism: The Kuwaiti Example". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Al Jarida Newspaper Kuwait". Knowledge View. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Kuwaiti Newspapers". W3 Newspapers. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  6. ^ Hussein Al Qatari (18 October 2012). "Kuwait political rifts widen on path to elections". Boston. Kuwait City. AP. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Kuwait 2013 Human Rights Report" (PDF). US State Departöant. p. 9. Retrieved 9 October 2014.