Okaz name was chosen because it carries the name Okaz market is the largest market in the pre-Islamic Arabs Batayv. The first issue of Okaz on Saturday 3-Hijjah 1379 AH corresponding to May 28, 1960 AD, in the city of Taif. Okaz Organization for Press and Publication is one of the institutions of civil journalist in Saudi Arabia, and has branches in many cities in the Kingdom and the Gulf capitals, Arab and international .. issued publication of four is "newspaper Okaz daily newspaper Saudi Gazette daily" English "and the newspaper club that deal with youth sports and issued in addition to the weekly magazine "Visions", which means women's affairs and is published weekly from the main center of the institution in Jeddah.