List of newspapers in Bahrain

The first local newspaper in Bahrain was Al Bahrayn which was published between 1939 and 1944.[1]

Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority reported that the number of newspapers in 1999 was four which were published in Arabic and English languages.[2] There were a total of 12 dailies and weeklies in the country in 2012.[2]

Below is a list of the newspapers published in Bahrain.

Title
(Arabic title in parentheses)
Frequency
Type
Language
Publication
city(ies)
Website
Year
established
Editorial
political
affiliation
Circulation
Akhbar Al Khaleej (أخبار الخليج)dailyNewspaper (print, online)Arabicaaknews.com1976Pro-government, Arab Nationalist
Al Ayam (الأيام)dailyNewspaper (print, online)Arabicalayam.com1989
Al Bilad (البلاد)dailyNewspaper (print, online)Arabicalbiladpress.com2008
Al-Waqt ( الوقت)dailyCLOSEDArabicalwaqt.com2006-2010
Al-Wasat ( الوسط)dailyNewspaper (print, online)ArabicManamaalwasatnews.com2002
Al-Watan ( الوطن)dailyNewspaper (print, online)Arabicalwatannews.net2005
Daily TribunedailyNew Generation NewspaperEnglishManamadt.bh2015
Gulf Daily NewsdailyNewspaper (print, online)EnglishManamagulf-daily-news.com1978
Gulf MadhyamamdailyNewspaper (print, online)Malayalam-madhyamam.com1999
Middle East ChandrikadailyNewspaper (print, online)Malayalam-chandrikadaily.com2007
Malayala ManoramadailyNewspaper (print, online)Malayalam-gulf.manoramaonline.com1888
Khaleej Mag daily Newspaper (online) English Khaleejmag.com 2015 Centre-right
Gulf ThejasdailyNewspaper (print, online)Malayalam-thejasnews.com2012

See also

References

  1. Abdallah Shalaby, Salah al Din al Jurshi, Mostafa El Nabarawy, Moheb Zaki, Qays Jawad Azzawi, Antoine Nasri Messarra (2010). Towards a Better Life: How to Improve the State of Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. GPoT. p. 127. ISBN 978-605-4233-21-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "About IAA". Information Affairs Authority. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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