{{Short description|English-language newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Arab Times | logo = ArabTimesLogo.png | image = | caption = Arab Times – Kuwait News | type = Daily newspaper | format = Print, online | owners = Ahmed Al-Jarallah | founder = | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = Ahmed Al-Jarallah | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | seniorstaff = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date and age|1977}} | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = | relaunched = | headquarters = Al Shuwaikh, Al Asimah | circulation = 48,000 (2001) | sister_newspapers = Al Seyassah | ISSN = | oclc = 7442756 | website = {{URL|http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/|arabtimesonline.com}} }}
'''''Arab Times''''' is the first English-language newspaper published in independent Kuwait.<ref name=wcat/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/feb/05/world-news-guide-middle-east|title=World news guide: Middle East|author=Guardian Staff|date=5 February 2002|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
==History== The ''Arab Times'' was launched in 1977<ref name=pref>{{cite web|title=Kuwait Press|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Gu-Ku/Kuwait.html|work=Press Reference|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> by Dar Al-Seyassah as a weekly publication, and soon became a daily newspaper, playing a remarkable role in Kuwait and the Persian Gulf area. The paper is based in Al Shuwaikh.<ref name=wcat>{{cite book|title=Arab Times|via=World Cat|oclc=7442756}}</ref> The newspaper reported its 2001 circulation as 48,000 copies.<ref name=pref/>
The current editor-in-chief of the daily is Ahmed Al-Jarallah.
==See also== * List of newspapers in Kuwait
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