About Jareeda
"Independent journalism, considered for the long read."
Jareeda Media Group · founded 1958 · Abu Dhabi · Dubai · Riyadh · Cairo · London · Paris · New York
Jareeda is an independent newsroom of eight desks across four cities. We report what matters with patience, plain language, and the assumption that our readers are intelligent. We report what matters with patience, plain language, and the assumption that our readers are intelligent. No lazy clichés. No outrage farms.
We were founded 68 years ago as a four-page broadsheet. Today we are read in print and on screens by readers in Abu Dhabi · Dubai · Riyadh · Cairo · London · Paris · New York. The mission has not changed, even if the medium has.
Long enough. Short enough.
Stories take the time they need — no more, no less. The minimum viable explanation is the goal of every piece we run.
A paper of record, for a noisy century.
We will be remembered for what we corroborated, not what we shouted first. We hold ourselves to the standard we apply to others.
Editorial policy
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Sourcing is named whenever possible. Confidential sources are corroborated by a second.
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Corrections are issued in the open, dated, and never quietly edited away.
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Opinion is clearly marked. We separate fact from argument on every page.
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We disclose ownership, financial ties, and any conflict that affects coverage.
The newsroom
All writers →- YH
Yara Haddad
Chief Political Correspondent
- SO
Samir Okonkwo
Economics Editor
- NR
Noor Rahimi
Senior Investigations Reporter
- MA
Miles Aldridge
Technology Correspondent
- IO
Imani Okafor
Culture Editor
- HL
Henrik Laurent
Sport Columnist
- RF
Rania Fahd
Local Desk Editor
- DA
Diego Arana
World Editor