Al Raya

Al Raya
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Gulf printing and publishing
PublisherGulf company for printing and publishing
Editor-in-chiefAbdulla Taleb Al Marri
EditorMajid Al jubara
Founded10 May 1979; 45 years ago (1979-05-10)
Political alignmentPro-government
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersDoha
CountryQatar
Circulation30,000 (as of 2019)
Sister newspapersGulf Times
WebsiteAl Raya

Al Raya (Arabic: الراية, romanizedThe Banner) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Doha, Qatar. It is semi-official newspaper of the country and is one of the five leading Qatari dailies.[1] As for Arabic dailies published in the country Al Raya is among the three major newspapers along with Al Sharq and Al Watan.[2]

  1. ^ "Media sustainability index 2008" (PDF). IREX. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. ^ Khalid Al Jaber; Barrie Gunter (2013). "Evolving News Systems in the Gulf Countries". In Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson (eds.). News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries. London: Bloomsbury. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4411-0239-3.