Okaz
Sign in to saveOkaz () is an Arabic Saudi Arabian daily newspaper located in Jeddah. The paper was launched in 1960 and its sister publication is Saudi Gazette. The paper is printed in Riyadh and Jeddah and operates offices across Saudi Arabia. The daily publication serves the provinces of the Hejaz and Asir. As of 2012, Abdullah Saleh Kamel served as the chairman of the board of directors of the Okaz Organization for Press and Publication. Okaz has been referred to as "...an Arabic version" of the New York Post.
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- Instance of
- newspaper
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Headquarters
- Jeddah
- Official website
- www.okaz.com.sa
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- title
- Okaz
- inception
- 1960-01-01
- language of work or name
- Arabic
- social media followers
- 2174520
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Okaz () is an Arabic Saudi Arabian daily newspaper located in Jeddah. The paper was launched in 1960 and its sister publication is Saudi Gazette. The paper is printed in Riyadh and Jeddah and operates offices across Saudi Arabia. The daily publication serves the provinces of the Hejaz and Asir. As of 2012, Abdullah Saleh Kamel served as the chairman of the board of directors of the Okaz Organization for Press and Publication. Okaz has been referred to as "...an Arabic version" of the New York Post.
==History== Okaz was established in Jeddah in 1960 by Ahmed Abdul Ghafoor Attar and is one of the oldest newspapers in Saudi Arabia. John R. Bradley, in his book Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis, described it as a "downmarket newspaper ... the closest Saudi Arabia has to a yellow press."
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