Um Al-Qura (newspaper)

Um Al-Qura (Arabic: أُم القُرى, The Mother of Villages) was the first Arabic language Saudi Arabian daily newspaper based in Mecca, and the official gazette of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it was established by King Abdul Aziz the Kingdom’s founder and the first issue was published on Friday, December 12, 1924.[1][2]

Um Al-Qura
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatPage format
PublisherMinistry of Media
Founded1924 (1924)
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersMecca,Saudi Arabia
Websitehttp://www.uqn.gov.sa/

It was initially a weekly newspaper issued in four hand-printed pages before it had turned into a government gazette – an announcer of royal decrees and other state-related news.[3][4]

Significant events covered by the paper
  • The significant events that the paper covered, sometimes in special issues, included:[1]
  • Unification of Hejaz and Nejd (1926).
  • Establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1932),
  • Discovery of oil (1938),
  • The historic meeting between King ‘Abd al-‘Aziz and President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States (1945),
  • First Arab-Israeli war (1948),
  • Death of King ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1953)

Financial crisis

During World War two all newspapers at that time, Sawt Al-Hijaz, Al-Madina Al-manawara, and Um Al-Qura had financial crisis leading to the suspension of them from 1941-1946 except Um Al-Qura which continued to be issued.[4][5]

References
  1. "Umm al-Qurá, Number 1131, November 1, 1946". www.wdl.org. 1946-11-01. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  2. "Leading monitor of crucial events in the Saudi Arabia for 100 years: Umm Al-Qura newspaper". Arab News. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  3. "Nationalist adviser". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  4. ^ Sebastian Maisel; John A. Shoup (2009). Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Arab States. Greenwood Press. pp. 329–. ISBN 978-0-313-34442-8.
  5. ^ William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.
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