Umm Al-Qura, the first Arabic language Saudi daily newspaper based in Makkah, is celebrating its centennial under the patronage of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and in the presence of Makkah Region Governor Prince Khalid bin Faisal and a group of princes, ministers, literature experts and intellectuals.
Invitations to the celebratory event were sent out by the Saudi Media Ministry. At the commemoration, newspaper representatives will recall some of their institutional history, especially about how the daily was founded by direct orders from King Abdulaziz in 1924.
