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List of newspapers in Kuwait

List of newspapers in Kuwait

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Newspapers in Kuwait are published in English, French and Urdu, in addition to Arabic.[1] the publishing reach the peak at 2009 there were 14 Arabic dailies, three English dailies and a dozens weekly newspapers in Kuwait.[2] but the numbers decreased since then either by 2008 financial crisis and the increase of digital news sources or by government censorship.

Al-Kuwait Al-Yawm [ar], first published in 1954,[3] is solely the government gazette used for public matter and not used for journalistic reporting. Publishing certain actions in the gazette is necessary for them to become legally valid, like in instances of name changes.

This is an incomplete list of newspapers in Kuwait.

Arabic language daily newspapers

English language daily and weekly newspapers

Non-daily newspapers

  • Al Kuwait Magazine — since 1928 [15]
  • Al-Arabi — since 1958 [16]
  • Sout Al Khaleej — since 1962[17]
  • Al Bayan — since 1966 [18]
  • Afaaq — since 1978[19]
  • Al Mouasher Economic Weekly — since 1994
  • The Times Kuwait — English weekly since 1996[20]
  • Al Dustor — semi-daily since 1997 from Kuwait National Assembly[21]
  • Dark Politics since 2018[22]

Defunct newspapers

  • Al jamaheer - 1983-1990
  • Daily News - 1963-

References

  1. Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson (6 June 2013). News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4411-0239-3. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. "Media sustainability index 2009" (PDF). IREX. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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