Majid (Arabic: ماجد) is a pan-Arab comic book anthology and children's magazine published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates by the Abu Dhabi Media Company. It was first issued on 28 February 1979.
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Publisher | Abu Dhabi Media Company |
Schedule | Monthly |
Publication date | February 1979 |
History and profileEdit
Majid has been in circulation and has been released on a weekly basis since 28 February 1979 until the end of 2019.[1] From the beginning of 2020 it is scheduled to be issued monthly. Majid magazine launched its website in 2009[2] and launched its TV channel in 2015.
Majid is widely read in most Arab states, and had a weekly distribution of 175,000 as of 2005. One of the series in Majid is Kaslan Jiddan (كسلان جداً lit. Very Lazy), a story of a boy named Kaslan, who tries to act like an adult and finds himself in conflicts because of it.[3]
CharactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Anna Gabai (2013). "Arab Comics". Qantara. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Home". majid.ae.
- ^ Pilcher, Tim and Brad Brooks. (Foreword: Dave Gibbons). The Essential Guide to World Comics. Collins and Brown. 2005. pp. 302-303.
External linksEdit
- Official website (in Arabic)