Al-Hayat
Sign in to saveAl-Hayat ( Life) was an Arabic newspaper based in Beirut from its founding 28 January 1946 to 1976 and in London after its refounding in 1988. It was a pan-Arab newspaper owned by Saudi Prince Khalid bin Sultan, that had a circulation estimated over 200,000. It was the newspaper of record for the Arab diaspora and the preferred venue for liberal intellectuals who wished to express themselves to a large public. Founded in 1946, the paper closed in March 2020 after years of financial problems.
Key facts
- Newspaper.name
- Al Hayat
- Newspaper.image
- Al-hayat-logo.jpg
- Newspaper.type
- Daily newspaper
- Newspaper.format
- Broadsheet
- Newspaper.price
- Varies by countryLess than US$1.00 throughout the Arab world
- Newspaper.headquarters
- London
- Newspaper.editor
- Saud Al Rayes
- Newspaper.ISSN
- 0967-5590
- Newspaper.website
- archived
- Newspaper.circulation
- 150,000
- Newspaper.circulation_date
- 2009
- Newspaper.founded
- 1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- newspaper
- Headquarters
- London
- Owned by
- Khalid bin Sultan
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Official website
- www.alhayat.com
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- inception
- 1946-00-00
- title
- al-đHayah
- newspaper format
- broadsheet
- native label
- الحياة
- quantity
- 150000
- language of work or name
- Arabic
- publication interval
- 1
- social media followers
- 669604
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2020-03-00
- Commons category
- Al-Hayat
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins: Lebanese daily
- Refounding and new ownership
- ''Al Hayat'' in the 1990s
- 2002 ban in Saudi Arabia
- 2007 ban in Saudi Arabia
- 2011 reporting on Hamas decampment from Syria
- 2020 closure
- Organization
- Masthead
- Bureaus
- Contents
- Prominent columnists
- Editions
- International edition
- Saudi edition
- Digital edition
- Information Center House
- Archives and documentation
- References
- External links
Al-Hayat ( Life) was an Arabic newspaper based in Beirut from its founding 28 January 1946 to 1976 and in London after its refounding in 1988. It was a pan-Arab newspaper owned by Saudi Prince Khalid bin Sultan, that had a circulation estimated over 200,000. It was the newspaper of record for the Arab diaspora and the preferred venue for liberal intellectuals who wished to express themselves to a large public. Founded in 1946, the paper closed in March 2020 after years of financial problems.
Though rather pro-West and pro-Saudi with respect to articles concerning the Arabian Peninsula, it was quite open to various opinions concerning other regional questions. Al-Hayat printed in London, New York, Frankfurt, Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Beirut and Cairo. The newspaper had offices in London, Paris, Washington, New York, Moscow, Riyadh, Jeddah, Beirut, Cairo, Baghdad, Dubai, Amman, and Damascus, among others.
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