Al Khaleej ( ar, الخليج, lit=The Gulf) is a daily Arabic-language
broadsheet
A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid–compact formats.
Description
Many broadsheets measure roughly ...
newspaper published in
Sharjah
Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.
Sharjah is the capital ...
, United Arab Emirates by
Dar Al Khaleej
Dar Al Khaleej Printing & Publishing ( ar, دار الخليج للطباعة والنشر) is a publishing house based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The company was established in 1970 with the launch of the daily '' Al Khaleej'' newspaper.
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The daily is the first newspaper published in the country.
History
''Al Khaleej'' was launched by brothers
Taryam and
Abdullah Omran Taryam
Abdullah Omran Taryam (1948–2014) was the co-founder of Dar Al Khaleej Printing & Publishing, the publishing house based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Together with his brother, Taryam Omran Taryam, he founded the first UAE daily national ...
on 19 October 1970.
[ In 1979 it was relaunched as a daily with 16 pages.][ The sister daily of the paper is '' Gulf Today''.][
From 1980 to 1983 Adly Barsoum, an Egyptian journalist and writer, worked in the newspaper as deputy editor-in-chief and played a major role in the reformation and development of the newspaper. During the developing process ''Al Khaleej'' became one of the most important publications in the ]Arab States of the Persian Gulf
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf refers to a group of Arab states which border the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emir ...
. Adly Barsoum had made a major coverage while working at Al Khaleej when he was the only Arab journalist who entered Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
during the Israeli invasion of the city in 1982, and he met with Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
for one of the most important interviews during these crucial times.
The purchase of new printing equipment in the 1990s enabled the company to increase the number of pages and print other publications. ''Al Khaleej'' is now one of the most popular Arabic-language newspapers in the country. The estimated circulation of the daily in 2003 was 60,000 copies, making it the first in the country.[ It was 37,000 copies in 2013.]
Editing Staff
* Editor-in-chief: Khaled Abdullah Omran Khaled is a male Arabic name, and may refer to:
People
* Khaled Azhari (born 1966), Egyptian politician
* Khaled Chehab (1886–1978), Lebanese politician
* Khaled (musician), an Algerian Raï musician
* DJ Khaled, a Palestinian-American DJ
Surn ...
* The executive editor-in-chief: Raed Barqawi Raed (; Arabic: , ') is an Arabic male name, meaning ''leader or pioneer''.
People
* Raed Arafat (born 1964), Syrian-born physician of Palestinian descent and Romanian citizenship
* Raed Elhamali, Libyan-American basketball player
*Raed Fares, Syri ...
* Managing editor: Mahmood Hasuna
* Editor of economic affairs: Khoder Makki.
* Editor of local affairs: Jamal Aldwayri.
* Editor of political affairs: Ibrahim Maari
* Editor of news: Osman Alnimr
References
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1970 establishments in the Trucial States
Publications established in 1970
Daily newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates
Arabic-language newspapers
Mass media in Sharjah (city)