Othman Al Omeir

Othman Al Omeir (; born 1950) is a Saudi-born British businessman, journalist and editor. He is considered to be close to several Saudi rulers, including the incumbent King Salman and former rulers King Fahd, King Hassan II and Hassan bin Talal.

Early life and education Al Omeir was born in Al Zulfi in 1950. His father was a Qutab teacher for a mosque in Al Zulfi. Al Omeir is a graduate of Madinah University. Soon, he became managing editor and London correspondent of the paper. and worked in this post for ten years. During his journalism career, he interviewed major world leaders, including George W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, Jacques Chirac, Mikhail Gorbachev and King Fahd. London was chosen as the center of the website to be free from the censorship rules of Saudi Arabia and also to offer liberal viewpoints, particularly in opposition to religious radicalism. Al Omeir continues his interviews in Elaph. In July 2013 he interviewed Bahraini ruler King Hamad.

In September 2021 Al Omeir launched the Arabic version of How to Spend It, a weekly luxury magazine by Financial Times. HTSI Arabic is also published in London like Elaph. The group which is the oldest media group in Morocco owns French-daily paper , Arabic daily Assahra Al Maghribiya, English news portal moroccotimes.com, and Spanish weekly La Manana. In November 2005, the group launched a French-language daily, Maroc Soir. He is chairman of the Strategic Communications Group.

Awards Al Omeir was named as the Media Personality of 2006 by the Arab Media Forum in Dubai for his contribution to the industry in the Arab world. He was awarded the Media Man of the Year Prize by the same forum in 2007, and also received the Media Innovation Prize by the Arab Thought Foundation in the same year. In December 2009, he was awarded the New Media for the Future Prize by the Anna Lindh Foundation. He is a member of Moroccan Royal Academy.

Works

End-of-Century Dialogues: Interviews with Arab and International Political Leaders and Decision-Makers, 1996.