Abdulaziz F. Al-Masaeed Explained

Abdulaziz Al-Masaeed
Native Name:عبد العزيز فهد المساعيد
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Name:Abdulaziz Fahad Al-Masaeed
Birth Place:Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Death Place:Switzerland
Nationality:Kuwait
Known For:Al Rai Alaam newspaper

Abdulaziz Fahad Al-Masaeed (; 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.

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. 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.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.suhuf.net.sa/2001jaz/dec/28/fe7.htm وفاة عبد العزيز المساعيد
  2. http://www2.gsu.edu/~polmfh/database/elec198100d9.htm نتائج انتخابات 1981
  3. Kjetil Selvik . 2011 . Elite Rivalry in a Semi-Democracy: The Kuwaiti Press Scene . Middle Eastern Studies . 47 . 3 . 477–496 . 10.1080/00263206.2011.565143.
  4. The Effect of Online Journalism on the Freedom of Press: The Case of Kuwait . University of Stirling . Ali Abdulsamad Dashti . PhD . 2008.
  5. News: 25 September 2022 . Kuwait Times - the vision of a pioneer in journalism . .
  6. Web site: Kuwait . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130808043005/http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/newspaysv2.php?id=105 . 8 August 2013 . 18 September 2013 . The Arab Press network . dmy.
  7. Book: Haya Al Mughni . Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression . Mary Ann Tétreault . 2004 . I.B.Tauris . Naomi Sakr . London . 122 . Engagement in the Public Sphere: Women and the Press in Kuwait . 10.5040/9780755604838.ch-008.