Khaled Al Maeena

Khaled Al Maeena (born 1954/1955 ) is a veteran Saudi journalist, commentator, businessman and the former editor-in-chief of the Saudi Gazette. He is regarded as a liberal. He is also the patron of Muslim Mirror and the managing partner of Quartz, a communications company, as well as a director at Abeer Medical Group. He attended the St. Patrick's College in Karachi and graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Karachi. He left his post in 1993, becoming the CEO of the Saudi Public Relations Company (SPRC), a position he held for five years. He returned to the top editor's post at Arab News in 1998 and held the post until October 2011. His term ended in February 2014 and he was succeeded by Somayya Jabarti in the post. Almaeena occasionally contributes commentary columns for Gulf News, Al Eqtisadiah, Times of Oman, Asian Age, The China Post, He was also a Saudi television news anchor, talk show host, radio announcer and lecturer.

Relations Al Maeena was reported to be close to King Fahd and King Abdullah. He is also considered to have close relations with the new king, Salman.

Awards Al Maeena was honored with the third highest civilian award Sitara-e-Pakistan in 2008 by the Pakistan government. On April 20, 2019, he received a lifetime achievement award at the second International Media Gala (IMG), organized by Arab News in Dubai.