Al Raya

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Al Raya
Type
Media of Qatar
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    • Al Raya (

    Arabic: الراية, romanized: The Banner) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Doha, Qatar. It is semi-official newspaper of the country and is one of the five leading Qatari dailies.[1] As for Arabic dailies published in the country Al Raya is among the three major newspapers along with Al Sharq and Al Watan.[2]

    History and profile

    Al Raya was launched by Gulf company for printing and publishing as a weekly newspaper on 10 May 1979.[3][4] The company which was founded by Ali bin Jaber Al Thani also owns Gulf Times, an English-language daily.[3][5] Based in Doha,[6] Al Raya is the second Arabic newspaper published in Qatar.[7] On 27 January 1980 Al Raya was relaunched as a daily newspaper.[4]

    In 1996 a corpus was created which included 187 articles published in Al Raya.[8] On 27 April 2012 the paper launched the mapping mangroves project.[9]

    Nasser Mohamed Al-Othman is the first editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper.[3] In the initial period many leading Arab journalists wrote for the daily.[10][11][12] Abdulla Ghanim Al Binali Al Muhannadi was the editor-in-chief of the daily in 2014.[13] As of 2023 Abdulla Taleb Al Marri was serving in the post.[14]

    Political stance and content

    Although Al Raya is privately owned, it is the semi-official newspaper of Qatar.[15][16] Therefore, it has a pro-government stance.[17] The major rival of the daily is another Arabic Qatari newspaper Al Sharq which has opposite political stance.[18]

    Al Raya mostly provides news about the receptions and activities of the ruling family,

    Al Thani, as well as about official events.[15] In addition, the daily has large supplements on sports and business as well as a special supplement called He and She.[15] The paper offered a weekly page on the environmental issues from 1999 to 2005.[19]

    Following the

    Assad regime was "useless" and caused no other option than such intervention.[20]

    Circulation

    In the early 1990s Al Raya had a circulation of 10,000 copies and was distributed in Saudi Arabia and Egypt in addition to its native Qatar.

    MENA region.[22]

    References

    1. ^ a b "Media sustainability index 2008" (PDF). IREX. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    2. ISBN 978-1-4411-0239-3
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    3. ^ a b c "About us". Gulf Times. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    4. ^ a b "Information and Media". Embassy of Qatar. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
    5. ^ "Al Raya newspaper". Press Fair. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    6. ^ "Al Raya and Gulf Times Newspaper". Wow City. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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      ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6
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    8. ISBN 978-1-57387-276-8
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    9. ^ "Al Raya: Project Mapping Mangroves". Qatar Foundation International. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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      ISBN 978-0313285356
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    11. ^ "Qatar mourns victims of shopping mall blaze". Al Jazeera. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    12. ^ "Qatar denies Iran, Syria retaliation in mall fire that killed Western nationals". World Tribune. Abu Dhabi. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    13. ^ Bassam Ramada (23 April 2014). "Qatar under pressure over support for Brotherhood". Al Masry Al Youm. Retrieved 4 October 2014 – via Al Monitor.
    14. ^ "عبدالله طالب المري رئيساً لتحرير جريدة الراية". Al Sharq Al Awsat (in Arabic). 26 July 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
    15. ^ a b c "Qatar". The Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    16. ^ "Qatar profile". BBC. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    17. ^ "Qatar newspapers". World Press. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    18. ^ a b "Of Egypt and Arabs". Al Ahram Weekly. Vol. 3383. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    19. ^ Najib Saab. "The Environment in Arab Media" (PDF). Arab Forum for Environment and Development. Archived from the original (Report) on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
    20. ^ "Middle East press apprehensive over Syria". BBC. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
    21. ^ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
    22. ^ "Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10". Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

    External links

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