Abdulaziz F. Al-Masaeed

Abdulaziz Al-Masaeed
عبد العزيز فهد المساعيد
Born
Abdulaziz Fahad Al-Masaeed

1915 (1915)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
DiedJuly 9, 2001(2001-07-09) (aged 85–86)
Switzerland
NationalityKuwait
Known forAl Rai Alaam newspaper

Abdulaziz Fahad Al-Masaeed (Arabic: عبد العزيز فهد المساعيد; 1915 – July 9, 2001) was a Kuwaiti journalist, businessman, and member of parliament. He founded Kuwait's first newspaper, Alrai Alaam, in 1961.[1]

Background

Abdulaziz Al-Masaeed was born in 1915 in the Sheikhdom of Kuwait, and was a member of parliament from 1967 to 1971. He contested the 1981 parliamentary elections but lost.[2] He contested the 1990 Kuwaiti National Council election and was elected its chairman.[2]

Journalistic activity

In April 1961, Al-Masaeed launched Al Rai Alaam, the first newspaper in Kuwait. Al Masaeed was both the owner and the publisher of the newspaper that was initially published in Beirut, Lebanon.[3][4] In 1965, he founded the weekly magazine Al-Seyassah with Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Al-Jarallah as its editor-in-chief.[3] He was a founding member of the Kuwait journalists association and called the dean of the Kuwaiti press.[5] He was Editor-in-Chief of the English newspaper “The Daily News” in 1964.[3][6][7]

References

  1. ^ وفاة عبد العزيز المساعيد Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine [dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b نتائج انتخابات 1981 Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c Kjetil Selvik (2011). "Elite Rivalry in a Semi-Democracy: The Kuwaiti Press Scene". Middle Eastern Studies. 47 (3): 477–496. doi:10.1080/00263206.2011.565143.
  4. ^ Ali Abdulsamad Dashti (2008). The Effect of Online Journalism on the Freedom of Press: The Case of Kuwait (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Stirling.
  5. ^ "Kuwait Times - the vision of a pioneer in journalism" (PDF). Kuwait Times. 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Kuwait". The Arab Press network. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  7. ^ Haya Al Mughni; Mary Ann Tétreault (2004). "Engagement in the Public Sphere: Women and the Press in Kuwait". In Naomi Sakr (ed.). Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 122. doi:10.5040/9780755604838.ch-008.