Al Jazirah (Arabic: الجزيرة; The Island) is a daily Arabic newspaper published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Its sister newspaper is Al Masaiya, which is the only afternoon newspaper in the country with limited influence and readership. The paper is published in broadsheet format with 48 pages, both colour and black and white contents. It has more than thirty national and international branches. Al Jazirah was established in 1960 by Al Jazirah Corporation. The chairman of the newspaper is Mutlaq bin Abdullah. Othman Al Omeir who owns the liberal Arabic e-newspaper Elaph was a member of the paper's board of directors. Furthermore, he was a sport correspondent in the early 1970s and later, London correspondent of the paper. In 1977, Abdel Rahman Al Rashid was appointed editor-in-chief of the daily, who also served as a correspondent and as its Washington bureau chief from 1981 to 1985. As of 2013 the editor-in-chief of the newspaper was Khalid bin Hamd Al Malik. More information...
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