Saudi Arabia Newspapers

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Online Resources

• Um-Elqura Newspaper - Online access to issues (1940-current) of the Saudi Arabia newspaper
• Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) - collection of open source historical newspapers and periodicals from the Middle East
• Jarad'id - chronology of Arabic language periodicals in the Middle East and diaspora from 1800-1929

Background

• Um-Elqura - The newspaper was first published in 1924 by King Abdulaziz

Information Recorded in the Records

• Um-Elqura - The newspaper focuses on news, current events, religious articles, cultural and social topics, economics, and finance

Strategy

Some newspapers may contain obituaries for prominent individuals