Okaz
Okaz is a leading Arabic-language daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia, founded in 1960 and based in Jeddah. It is one of the kingdom's most widely circulated dailies, covering local and international news.
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Editorial perspective of Okaz
Okaz is positioned toward the editorial center, or its orientation is mixed or not consistently classified.
Crosswire groups Saudi Arabia outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point. Seeing Okaz beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.
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