Sayidaty

Sayidaty (Arabic سيدتي meaning My Lady in English) is a weekly Arabic and a monthly English women's magazine published in both Dubai and Beirut and distributed throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and America.

History

Sayidaty was founded by Hisham Hafiz and his brother Muhammed Hafiz in London. Later, it was founded in Riyadh in March 1981. The magazine was relocated from London to Dubai in 2005. The English edition was launched in 2007.

Hala Al Nasser, who is current editor-in-chief of Rotana Magazine, is one of the magazine's former editors. Mohammed Fahad Al Harthi has been the editor-in-chief of the magazine since 2004. As of 2010 Lebanese journalist Hadia Said was the cultural editor of the magazine.

Ownership

Sayidaty is one of the magazines published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG). SRMG also owns other magazines such as Al Jamila, The Majalla, Bassim, Urdu Magazine and Hia as well as newspapers such as Arab News, Al Eqtisadiah, Urdu News and Asharq al Awsat.