Rotana Magazine
مجلة روتاناEditor-in-chief| Hala Al Nasser

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Categories| Women's magazine
Arts and entertainment
Frequency| Weekly
Publisher| Rotana Audio and Video Company
First issue| 2005
Company| Rotana Group)
Country| Saudi Arabia
Based in| Riyadh
Language| Arabic
Website| rotanamagz.com

Rotana Magazine (in Arabic مجلة روتانا pronounced Majallat Rotana) is a pan-Arab arts and entertainment weekly magazine published in Arabic by Rotana Group owned by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.[1] It is distributed across the entire MENA region.[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Contents
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## History[edit]

The magazine was launched in 2005 as Rotana.[2] The publisher is the Rotana Audio and Video company based in Riyadh.[3] Hala Al Nasser was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly in 2006, being the first woman to hold this post in the country.[3] The magazine was renamed Rotana Magazine in the 2010-2011 period.

## Contents[edit]

The magazine publishes articles by famous writers concerning beauty and fashion, celebrity news, society events, culture, health, interior design, comics, cinema, theatre, food, technology, astrology and more.[1] Addressed mainly to Arab youth and Arab women in the Middle East, the Arab World and the Arab diaspora, the journal includes music and arts news and sections for beauty, fashion and family life. It also serves at the same time as the marketing wing for Rotana Records and dozens of its signed artists.

## See also[edit]

* List of magazines in Saudi Arabia

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Rotana Magazine". Rotana Corporate. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
2. ^ eMedia Research
3. ^ a b Sakr, Naomi (2008). "Women and Media in Saudi Arabia: Rhetoric, Reductionism and Realities". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 35 (3): 385–404. doi:10.1080/13530190802525197.