Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia. The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is Al Fallah, which was launched in Mecca in 1920. All of the newspapers published in Saudi Arabia are privately owned. Arabic daily newspapers Al-Bilad Al Eqtisadiah Al Hayat Al Jazirah Al Madina Al Nadwa Al Riyadeyyah Al Riyadh Al Watan Al Yaum Makkah News Paper Asharq Al Awsat Okaz English daily newspapers Arab News Saudi Gazette Urdu daily newspaper Urdu News Malayalam daily newspapers-Kerala Malayalam News Dammam edition Jeddah edition - launched in 1999 Riyadh edition Madhyamam Abha edition - 1 January 2011 Dammam edition - 24 May 2008 Jeddah edition - 16 January 2006 Riyadh edition - 10 December 2007 Gulf Thejas Dammam edition - March 2011 Jeddah edition - March 2011 Riyadh edition - March 2011 Chandrika Defunct daily newspapers These newspapers are no longer published: Akhbar Al Dhahran (1954–1956) Riyadh Daily (1967–1 January 2004) Shams See also List of magazines in Saudi Arabia Media of Saudi Arabia List of companies of Saudi Arabia References External links Saudi Arabia Newspapers