Al Yamamah (magazine)

History and profile

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. It was launched as a monthly publication with 42 pages.{{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

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. The company is also publisher of a newspaper, Al Riyadh.{{cite book|author=Anthony Shoult

In 1994 Al Yamamah sold 35,000 copies.{{cite book|title=Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook|year=1994

References

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