Al Jamila

Al Jamila
March 2012 cover of Al Jamila
Editor-in-chiefMohammed Fahad Al Harthi
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherSaudi Research and Publishing Company
First issue1 October 1994; 30 years ago (1994-10-01)
CompanySaudi Research and Marketing Group
CountrySaudi Arabia
LanguageArabic

Al Jamila is an Arabic monthly women's magazine, published in Dubai. It is one of the publications of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.

History and ownership

Al Jamila was firstly launched in London[1] and then, in Riyadh in October 1994.[2] The magazine was relocated from London to Dubai in 2005.[3]

It is one of the magazines published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Research and Marketing Group.[4] The company also owns other magazines such as Sayidaty, The Majalla, Urdu Magazine and Hia as well as newspapers such as Arab News, Al Eqtisadiah, Urdu News and Asharq al Awsat.[5]

As of 2013 Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi was the editor-in-chief of the magazine, who had been in this post since 2004.[6][7] He is also editor-in-chief of Sayidaty.[7]

Content

Al Jamila mainly involves news on beauty and health, and offers its readers in-depth articles about the latest make-up looks, beauty products and treatments as well as news on health and fitness.[8][9]

Readership

It was reported by Al Khaleejiah in 2011 that Al Jamila is read 89.7% by females and 10.3% by males. It was further indicated that female readers of the magazine are those between 18 and 29 years old.[10] Therefore, the target audience of the magazine is teenagers and young adult women in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries.[11]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Al Jamila". Folded Up. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. ^ Mushtak Parker (6 December 2006). "SRMG: Taking the Publishing Sector in Mideast by Storm". Arab News. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Al Jamila Fact". Magazines About. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Medıa personalıty of the year; AMF honours Saudı Prınce Faısal" (PDF). MEPA Monthly Bulletin. 31 (31). March 2009.
  6. ^ "Mohammed Fahad Alharthi". WAN IFRA. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Who we are". SRMG. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Saudi Research and Marketing Group" (PDF). Global Investment House. November 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  9. ^ "SRPC Publications". SRMG. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Al Jamila" (PDF). Al Khaleejiah. Retrieved 28 May 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "The Beauty and Glamour Magazine". Al Khaleejiah. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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