| Al-Seyassah السياسة | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Owners: | Ahmed Al-Jarallah |
| Founder: | Abdulaziz F. Al-Masaeed Ahmed Al-Jarallah |
| Publisher: | Dar Al Seyassah Company for Printing, Publishing and Distribution WLL |
| Chiefeditor: | Ahmed Al Jarallah |
| Publishing Country: | Kuwait |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Sister Newspapers: | Arab Times AlHadaf Magazine Hadafnet |
| Oclc: | 54902195 |
Al-Seyassah (; also transliterated Al-Siyasa) is a Kuwaiti daily newspaper published by Dar Al-Seyassah Press Publishing Printing and Distribution Co. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper is Ahmed Al-Jarallah.
Al-Seyassah was launched on 3 June 1965 as a weekly magazine by Ahmed Al-Jarallah and owned by Abdulaziz F. Al-Masaeed.[1] [2] [3] In 1968, Al-Jarallah bought Al-Seyassah from Al-Masaeed with a bank loan and, with assistance from his friend the minister of information, obtained the license to turn the weekly magazine to a daily newspaper format.[4] <[5]
Naji al-Ali worked for the paperfrom 1968 to 1974.[6] In 1977, Jarallah expanded Al-Seyassah into a media group, which also publishes the English-language Arab Times newspaper and the weekly magazine Al-Hadaf in partnership with Syrian businessman Mazen Al-Tarazi.[7]
In 1977, the assets of Al-Seyassah were estimated at more than five million Kuwaiti dinars ($17.25m) in 1977 values, including a printing plant which was at the time the most modern in the region.[8]
In 2003, the newspaper held the 4th circulation ranking in Kuwait, with an adult readership of 302,700, a daily circulation of 75,679 copies, and a market share of 16.82%.[9]