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Al Bilad
(
Arabic
:
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) is a Saudi Arabian daily newspaper located in
Jeddah
.
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History
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Al Bilad
is the first daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia, founded by Mohammad Saleh Nasif on 3 April 1932 under the name
Sawt al-Hijaz
(Arabic:
Voice of Hijaz
).
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Then on 3 April 1946 it became
Al Bilad Al Saudia
, and on 26 January 1959 the paper merged with
Arafat
newspaper and was renamed as
Al Bilad Daily
.
Ghalib Hamza Abulfaraj, a Saudi businessman, served as the
editor-in-chief
of the paper.
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