Um Al-Qura (newspaper)


Um Al-Qura was the first Arabic language Saudi Arabian daily newspaper based in Mecca, and the official gazette of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it was established by King Abdul Aziz the Kingdom’s founder and the first issue was published on Friday, December 12, 1924.
It was initially a weekly newspaper issued in four hand-printed pages before it had turned into a government gazette – an announcer of royal decrees and other state-related news.

Significant events covered by the paper

During World War two all newspapers at that time, Sawt Al-Hijaz, Al-Madina Al-manawara, and Um Al-Qura had financial crisis leading to the suspension of them from 1941-1946 except Um Al-Qura which continued to be issued.