Al Majalla
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| Editor-in-chief | Salman bin Yousuf Al Dossary |
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| Categories | Online Newsmagazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 86.961 (2009) |
| Publisher | Saudi Research Publishing Company |
| Year founded | 1980 |
| Company | Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) |
| Country | United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia |
| Language | Arabic, English and Persian |
| Website | The Majalla |
| ISSN | 0261-0876 |
The Majalla, often directly transliterated as Al Majalla (Arabic:المجلة, "the magazine") is a Saudi-owned, London-based political news journal published in Arabic, English and Persian.
The Majalla, along with Sayidaty and Al Yamamah, is among popular magazines in Saudi Arabia.
The Majalla was launched by Hisham Hafiz in London in 1980. The magazine is currently owned by Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG), and was reestablished in 1987 by Ahmed bin Salman, then chairman of the SRMG. The current chairman of the SRMG is Turki bin Salman Al Saud.
The SRMG owns many other newspapers such as Arab News, Al Eqtisadiah, Urdu News and Asharq Al Awsat and magazines, including Sayidaty, Al Jamila, Arrajol, Bassim and Heya. From 1980 to 2009 a print edition was issued weekly, every Sunday. In April 2009 the magazine moved to an all-online format. Online version continues to be published weekly.
Gabriel G. Tabarani served as the deputy managing editor of the Majalla from 1980 to 1984. From 1983 to 1987 the chief editor of the magazine was Othman Al Omeir who currently owns news portal Elaph. Then Abdel Rahman Al Rashid served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1987 to 1998.Adel Al Toraifi was appointed editor-in-chief of the Majalla in 2010, and the chief editor of the magazine. In July 2012, Toraifi was also appointed deputy deputy chief editor of Asharq Al Awsat, a daily published by SRMG. His term ended in July 2014. Toraifi's term as the editor-in-chief of the magazine ended in July 2014 when Salman bin Yousuf Al Dossary was appointed to the post.
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