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Topic: Qatar News Agency

https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/Crisis%20in%20the%20Gulf%20Cooperation%20Council%20-%20booklet%20by%20ACW.pdf This is a document published by doha institute that outlines the crisis and goes in depth with how the hacking of Qatar News Agency catalyzed the GCC crisis.

https://www.al-sharq.com/opinion/29/05/2017/وكالة-الأنباء-القطرية-الرائدة This is an article from AlSharq newspaper that highlights little details about the May incident. https://rsf.org/en/qatar

This is the World Press Freedom Index and Qatar’s ranking in reference to Qatar News Agency.

https://www.gco.gov.qa/en/focus/gcc-crisis/

This is a source from the Government Communications office that provides factsheets on the blockade and the reference to what started it all, Qatar News Agency.

https://www.dw.com/en/qatar-official-state-news-agency-hacked-sensitive-articles-published/a-38963434 This is an article from DW a german international broadcaster which uncovers and states the different tweets that were published when the agency was hacked.

I have had difficulties finding sources for Qatar News Agency. I have even contacted a professor at Qatar University for difference sources but he couldn't provide me with any. I had to find another article to edit, I chose to edit the newspaper company in Doha ‘Gulf Times’ and focus on newspapers in Doha and may edit ‘The Peninsula’ too. I want to focus on Media in Qatar, and especially through the different pages they seem very blank.

Although, I went on both of the newspapers website about us page and only one of them provided with dense information about their history, Gulf Times. While The Peninsula only stated things that were very on the surface. To find a solution for this, I would reach out to representatives from the newspaper companies and find more about them from them.

Below are the links for their about page;

https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/about https://www.gulf-times.com/Static/About

Intro -

The current chairman of The Gulf Times is Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiya, while the editor-in-chief is Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka making the editor in charge K T Chacko.

HISTORY

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After the 1978 part,

The acting ministry of Information at that time declared and confirmed the formation and the creation of a Qatari based English newspaper that is now known till this day as ‘Gulf Times’.

The have published their first ever publication during the month of December in the year of 1978 as a weekly paper. Soon enough, after three years later on February 1981 the newspaper was approved to be a newspaper to be published every day.

There are eight different categories that consist of the Gulf Times. Indeed, such as, editorial, analysis, news, economy, sports, library and archives, technical and local reporters. (Cite - Gulf Times)

LOGO - EMBLEM

Upon conception, the Gulf Time’s emblem remained a dhow named Fateh al-Kheir. Its significance lays in both its representation of Qatar’s history and its ownership by former Ruler Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa. Not only did it possess the country’s first engine, it was the first nationally owned dhow and largest of its kind. The color of the logo is maroon. Consequently, this color was chosen to further represent the national identity of the newspaper, Qatar. (Link Qatar) In line with the nation’s pearl diving industry, it was crafted in the 1920s using wood from the North of Oman and was in service up until the 1940s. At the death of the pearl diving industry the dhow is widely perceived to have been disposed. However, the dhow has been retrieved and can be found in the National Museum amongst other traditional fleets.