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)
Year
established
Editorial
political
affiliation
Circulation
Akhbar Al Khaleej (أخبار الخليج) daily Newspaper (print, online) Arabic 1976 Pro-government, Arab Nationalist
Al Ayam (الأيام) daily Newspaper (print, online) Arabic 1989
Al Bilad (البلاد) daily Newspaper (print, online) Arabic 2008
Al-Waqt ( الوقت) daily CLOSED Arabic 2006-2010
Al-Wasat ( الوسط) daily Newspaper (print, online) Arabic Manama 2002
Al-Watan ( الوطن) daily Newspaper (print, online) Arabic 2005
Daily Tribune daily New Generation Newspaper English Manama 2015
Gulf Daily News daily Newspaper (print, online) English Manama 1978
Gulf Madhyamam daily Newspaper (print, online) Malayalam - 1999
Middle East Chandrika daily Newspaper (print, online) Malayalam - 2007
Malayala Manorama daily Newspaper (print, online) Malayalam - 1888
Gulf Thejas daily Newspaper (print, online) Malayalam - 2012
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "About IAA". Information Affairs Authority. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.