Al-Bilad (Saudi newspaper)

For the daily published in Bahrain, see Al Bilad (Bahraini newspaper).

Al Bilad (Arabic: صحيفة البلاد السعودية) is a Saudi Arabian daily newspaper located in Jeddah.^[1][2][3][4]

Al-Bilad

Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Al Bilad Est
Editor-in-chief	Mohmed Al Johani
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Language	Arabic
Headquarters	Jeddah
Website	albiladdaily.com//

History

Al Bilad is the first daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia, founded by Mohammad Saleh Nasif on 3 April 1932 under the name Sawt al-Hijaz (Arabic: Voice of Hijaz).^[5] Then on 3 April 1946 it became Al Bilad Al Saudia, and on 26 January 1959 the paper merged with Arafat newspaper and was renamed as Al Bilad Daily.

Ghalib Hamza Abulfaraj, a Saudi businessman, served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.^[6]

See also

• Saudi Arabia portal

• List of newspapers in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "Jordan: "Al Bilad" editor detained through penal code article 150". Goliath. 20 March 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
2. Oil Prices to Rise 5 pct., Saudi newspaper says, The Deseret News, 11 December 1978, Retrieved 14 February 2012
3. "Saudi Arabia: Oldest daily to close due to financial problems". SPA. 8 January 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
4. "صحيفة البلاد - Albilad newspaper". صحيفة البلاد (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
5. 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.
6. Publitec Publications, ed. (2007). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 (18th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. p. 48. doi:10.1515/9783110930047. ISBN 9783598077357.

External links

• Al Bilad website (in Arabic)
• (in English)
• Media related to Al-Bilad (Saudi newspaper) at Wikimedia Commons