Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

, in the cities of Jeddah

Jeddah

Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...

, Riyadh

Riyadh

Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...

, and Dammam

Dammam

Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi...

. The Editor-in-Chief is Khaled Al-Maeena

Khaled Al-Maeena

Khaled Al-Maeena is the government-appointed Editor in Chief of the Saudi-owned Arab News and very occasionally contributes a column for Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Madina, Urdu News and Gulf News. He has been close to King Fahd and with King Abdullah too, as also to Riyadh Governor Prince Salman. He...

. The publisher of Arab News is Saudi Research & Publishing Company (SRPC), a subsidiary of Saudi Research & Marketing Group (SRMG).

Arab News was founded in 1975 by Hisham Hafiz

Hisham Hafiz

Hisham Hafiz or Hashim Ali Hafiz was a Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher and author. He is best known for co-founding Arab News and his Saudi Research and Publishing Company published 16 newspapers and magazines at the time of his death...

 and his brother Mohammad Hafiz. It was the first English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. Arab News produces both a print version and an online version

Online newspaper

An online newspaper, also known as a web newspaper, is a newspaper that exists on the World Wide Web or Internet, either separately or as an online version of a printed periodical....

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External links

• Official website