# Gulf Arabic News Monitor – Saudi & GCC Arabic News RSS (`sea_sorghum/gulf-arabic-news-monitor`) Actor

Monitor Arabic & English Saudi and GCC news headlines from 8 outlets via RSS. Arabic-aware keyword filters, new-only mode, JSON/CSV export.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sea_sorghum/gulf-arabic-news-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Bader Aloqily](https://apify.com/sea_sorghum) (community)
- **Categories:** News, AI, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Gulf Arabic News Monitor – Saudi, UAE & Qatar headlines (RSS)

Track fresh **Arabic and English Gulf news headlines** from 8 outlets in one run, with **Arabic-aware keyword filtering** and a **"new articles only" monitor mode** for scheduled runs. No login, no browser, no proxy: it reads the public RSS feeds the outlets publish for syndication, so it is fast, cheap and stable.

### What it does

- Collects headline, summary, link, publish time (ISO 8601), author, categories and image URL.
- Covers Saudi, UAE, Qatar and pan-Arab outlets: Okaz (عكاظ), Almowaten (المواطن), Saudi Gazette, Asharq Al-Awsat (الشرق الأوسط), Sky News Arabia, Al Jazeera Arabic, Gulf Times, Al-Quds Al-Arabi.
- **Arabic-aware matching:** ignores tashkeel (diacritics) and tatweel, unifies إ/أ/آ→ا, ى→ي, ة→ه, and Arabic-Indic digits, so `اعلان` finds `إعلان`.
- **Monitor mode:** remembers links from previous runs and returns only new articles. Schedule it hourly or daily.
- De-duplicates links, filters by article age, caps items per source.

### Use cases

- Media monitoring and PR alerts for brands in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf
- Feeding Arabic news into LLM/RAG pipelines and AI agents
- Daily newsletters and Slack/Telegram digests
- Research on topic coverage (Arabic NLP datasets: headlines + summaries)

### Input

| Field | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `sources` | Outlets to read | all 8 |
| `keywords` | Words to match in title/summary (Arabic or English) | none |
| `keywordMode` | `any` or `all` | `any` |
| `maxItemsPerSource` | Cap per outlet per run (also caps cost) | 50 |
| `maxAgeHours` | Skip older articles, 0 = no limit | 0 |
| `monitorMode` | Return only articles not seen before | false |
| `includeImages` | Include image URL | true |

Example:

```json
{ "sources": ["okaz", "aawsat", "skynewsarabia"], "keywords": ["الرياض", "نيوم"], "maxAgeHours": 24, "monitorMode": true }
```

### Output

```json
{
  "source": "okaz",
  "sourceName": "Okaz (عكاظ)",
  "country": "SA",
  "language": "ar",
  "title": "…",
  "url": "https://www.okaz.com.sa/…",
  "summary": "…",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-18T01:20:27.000Z",
  "author": "…",
  "categories": ["…"],
  "imageUrl": "https://…",
  "matchedKeywords": ["الرياض"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T06:55:00.000Z"
}
```

A `STATS` record in the key-value store reports per-source counts and any feed errors.

### Pricing

Pay per event: you pay a small fixed price for each news item delivered (`news-item`) plus a tiny start fee. Use `maxItemsPerSource` to cap spend.

### Legal and responsible use

Only headline metadata that outlets publish in their public RSS feeds is collected (title, short summary, link). Full article text is not copied: follow the link to read the original at the publisher. Respect each outlet's terms when republishing content. This Actor is unofficial and not affiliated with any publisher.

### FAQ

**Why is a source missing items?** A feed may be temporarily down; check `STATS` for the error. Other sources still complete.
**Can you add another outlet?** Open an issue on the Actor page with the feed URL.

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which outlets to read. Leave all selected for a full Gulf sweep.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only return articles whose title or summary contains these words. Arabic matching ignores diacritics and spelling variants of alef, yaa and taa marbuta (e.g. إعلان / اعلان).

## `keywordMode` (type: `string`):

Match ANY keyword or ALL keywords.

## `maxItemsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound per outlet per run. This also caps your cost.

## `maxAgeHours` (type: `integer`):

Skip articles older than this. 0 = no limit.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember articles from earlier runs and return only new ones. Use with a schedule.

## `includeImages` (type: `boolean`):

Add the article image URL to each record when the feed provides one.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "okaz",
    "almowaten",
    "saudigazette",
    "aawsat",
    "skynewsarabia",
    "aljazeera",
    "gulftimes",
    "alquds"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "keywordMode": "any",
  "maxItemsPerSource": 50,
  "maxAgeHours": 0,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "includeImages": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sea_sorghum/gulf-arabic-news-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sea_sorghum/gulf-arabic-news-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call sea_sorghum/gulf-arabic-news-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sea_sorghum/gulf-arabic-news-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CY0EfLnnyjmWDHz0R/builds/gyDTtKkhcaZWXmAHh/openapi.json