''Al Jamila'' is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

monthly women's magazine, published in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

. It is one of the publications of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.

History and ownership

''Al Jamila'' was firstly launched in

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and then, in

Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...

in October 1994. The magazine was relocated from London to Dubai in 2005. It is one of the magazines published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company, a subsidiary of

Saudi Research and Marketing Group Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG), also known as the Saudi Media Group, is a Saudi state-backed media company registered in Riyadh. The group mainly publishes, prints and distributes various publications. The company operates in Saudi Arabia ...

. The company also owns other magazines such as ''

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''. As of 2013 Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi was the

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of the magazine, who had been in this post since 2004. He is also editor-in-chief of ''Sayidaty''.

Content

''Al Jamila'' mainly involves news on beauty and health, and offers its readers in-depth articles about the latest make-up looks, beauty products and treatments as well as news on health and fitness.

Readership

It was reported by Al Khaleejiah in 2011 that ''Al Jamila'' is read 89.7% by females and 10.3% by males. It was further indicated that female readers of the magazine are those between 18 and 29 years old. Therefore, the target audience of the magazine is teenagers and young adult women in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jamila 1994 establishments in Saudi Arabia 2005 establishments in the United Arab Emirates Arabic-language magazines Magazines established in 1994 Magazines published in London Magazines published in Saudi Arabia Magazines published in the United Arab Emirates Mass media in Riyadh Mass media in Dubai Monthly magazines Women's magazines

History and ownership

Content

Readership

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