Al Jamila
Al Jamila is an Arabic monthly women's magazine, published in Dubai. It is one of the publications of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.
![]() March 2012 cover of Al Jamila | |
Editor-in-chief | Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi |
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Categories | Women's magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Circulation | 69.393 (2009)[1] |
Publisher | Saudi Research and Publishing Company (SRPC) |
First issue | 1 October 1994 |
Company | Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Language | Arabic |

History and ownership
Al Jamila was firstly launched in London[2] and then, in Riyadh in October 1994.[3] The magazine was relocated from London to Dubai in 2005.[4]
It is one of the magazines published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG).[5] SRMG also owns other magazines such as Sayidaty, The Majalla, Urdu Magazine and Hia as well as newspapers such as Arab News, Al Eqtisadiah, Urdu News and Asharq al Awsat.[6]
Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi is the editor-in-chief of the magazine, who has been in this post since 2004.[7][8] He is also editor-in-chief of Sayidaty.[8]
Content
Al Jamila mainly involves news on beauty and health, and offers its readers in-depth articles about the latest make-up looks, beauty products and treatments as well as news on health and fitness.[1][9]
Readership
It was reported by Al Khaleejiah in 2011 that Al Jamila is read 89.7% by females and 10.3% by males. It was further indicated that female readers of the magazine are those between 18 and 29 years old.[10] Therefore, the target audience of the magazine is teenagers and young adult women in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries.[11]
See also
References
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- "Al Jamila Fact Sheet". Magazines About. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- "Medıa personalıty of the year; AMF honours Saudı Prınce Faısal" (PDF). MEPA Monthly Bulletin. 31 (31). March 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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- "Al Jamila" (PDF). Al Khaleejiah. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- "The Beauty and Glamour Magazine". Al Khaleejiah. Retrieved 19 August 2012.