List of newspapers in Kuwait

Newspapers in Kuwait are published in English, French and Urdu, in addition to Arabic.[1] the publishing reach the peak at 2009 there were 14 Arabic dailies, three English dailies and a dozens weekly newspapers in Kuwait.[2] but the numbers decreased since then either by 2008 financial crisis and the increased of digital news sources or by government censorship.

This is an incomplete list of newspapers in Kuwait.

Arabic language daily newspapers

• Al-Seyassah — daily since 1965 [3]
• Al-Qabas — since 1972[4]
• Al-Anbaa — since 1976[5]
• Al Rai — Alrai-Alaam from 1995 until 2006[6]
• Al-Wasat — since 2007[7]
• Annahar — since 2007[8]
• Al-Shahed — since 2007[9]
• Al-Jarida — since 2007[10]
• Al-Sabah — since 2007[11]
• Al Kuwaiteya — since 2011[12]

English language daily and weekly newspapers

• Kuwait Times — since 1961[13]
• Arab Times — since 1977[14]

Non-daily newspapers

• Al Kuwait Magazine — since 1928
• Kuwait Alyawm — since 1954[15]
• Al Bayan — since 1966
• Afaaq — since 1978[16]
• Al-Arabi — since 1958 [17]
• Al Khaleej —ٍsince 2009 [18]
• Al Dustor — semi-daily since 1997 from Kuwait National Assembly[19]
• Sout Al Khaleej — since 1962[20]
• The Times Kuwait — English weekly since 1996[21]

Defunct newspapers

• Al Shahed weekly — 2004-2019
• Al Taleea — 1962-2016 [22]
• Al-Watan —1974-2015 [23]
• ِAlRay AlAam -1962–1995 [24]
• Alam Al Yawm — 2007-2014
• Al Balad 2008
• Al-Watan Daily - 2008-2013
• Al Huriyah - 2008-2012
• Al Mustagbal - 2010-2012
• Arrouiah - 2007–2010
• Awan - 2007–2010
• Assawt - 2008–2009
• Sawt alKuwait - 1990–1993 during the Invasion of Kuwait by State of Kuwait government
• Alfajer Aljadeed - 1991–1993 was published by Mr. Yousif Olyan and Dr.Yasin Taha Al-Yasin
• 26 Febrayer - 1991
• Al-Nida'_(Kuwait) - 1990–1991 during the Invasion of Kuwait by Republic of Kuwait government
• Daily News - 1963-

References

1. Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson (6 June 2013). News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4411-0239-3. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
2. "Media sustainability index 2009" (PDF). IREX. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
3. Al-Seyassah Online
4. Al-Qabas Online Archived 2010-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
5. Al-Anbaa Online
6. Al Rai Online
7. Alwasat Online
8. Annahar Online
9. Al-Shahed Online
10. Al-Jarida Online Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
11. Al-Sabah Online
12. Al Kuwaiteya Online
13. Kuwait Times Online
14. Arab Times Online
15. Kuwait Alyawm Online
16. Afaaq Online
17. "Al-Arabi Magazine". Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
18. Al Khaleej Online
19. Al Dustor Online
20. Sout AlKhaleej Online
21. The Times Kuwait Online
22. Al Taleea Online
23. Al-Watan Online
24. AlRay AlAam online