List of newspapers in Kuwait

Newspapers in Kuwait are published in English, French and Urdu, in addition to Arabic.[1] the publishing reach the peak at 2009 there were 14 Arabic dailies, three English dailies and a dozens weekly newspapers in Kuwait.[2] but the numbers decreased since then either by 2008 financial crisis and the increase of digital news sources or by government censorship.

Al-Kuwait Al-Yawm [ar], first published in 1954,[3] is solely the government gazette used for public matter and not used for journalistic reporting. Publishing certain actions in the gazette is necessary for them to become legally valid, like in instances of name changes.

This is an incomplete list of newspapers in Kuwait.

  1. ^ Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson (6 June 2013). News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4411-0239-3. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Media sustainability index 2009" (PDF). IREX. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. ^ Kuwait Alyawm Online