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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]
The Daily Tribune belongs to the family of Arabic newspapers in Bahrain Al-Ayam Publications. [2] The newspaper is produced and managed by the media group Update Media WLL . [ 3 ]
The media is predominantly in Arabic though English language and Malayalam newspapers are beginning to emerge in the country. The IAA also controls the Bahrain News Agency which monitors, originates and relays national and international news in Arabic and English, usually generating from 90 to 150 stories a day. [2]
[2] [3] [4] It is one of the Bahrain's oldest daily papers. [1] The first editor-in-chief and founder was Mahmood Al Mardi and its staff composed of mainly Egyptian, Sudanese, and Bahraini journalists. [5] Ali Sayyar, a veteran Bahraini journalist, had a column in the paper. [6] As of 2006 Anwar Abdul Rahman was the head of the paper. [5]
The Gulf Daily News was the first daily English newspaper to be published in Bahrain. It was founded in March 1978 by the Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej, which is also the publisher. [3] The group also publishes Akhbar Al Khaleej, an Arabic daily. [3] Until the publishing of Bahrain Tribune, the paper was Bahrain's only English newspaper. The paper was ...
Al Ayam (meaning The Days in English) is an Arabic newspaper published in Bahrain and based in Manama. [1] AlAyam Publishing was established on 7 March 1989, by a group of young Bahraini journalists which was unique in the Arab world. It is founded by the former information minister, Nabeel Al Hamer.
Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, son of the former Prime Minister of Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, is the owner of Al Bilad. [3] As of 2011 Moanes Al Mardi was the editor-in-chief and chair of the paper. [4] [5] The daily has a pro-government stance.
The BNA has both Arabic and English publications and is based in Manama. [2] In July 2013, the agency launched BNA Zaman, a service which documents Bahrain's landmark development achievements via pictures. [4] BNA is an active member of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) that includes the national news agencies of 18 Arab countries. [5]