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The Daily Tribune, also sometimes known by its subtitle News of Bahrain, is an English-language daily newspaper in Bahrain. [1] History and profile
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]
A new generation internet media and news company LocalBH has gained significant popularity in Bahrain and has amassed a large following on social media. Its Instagram account has grown to become a primary source of news, events, and activities for the English-speaking and expatriate community of Bahrain, leading the way in the country's digital ...
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 ...
The paper is known to be close to Bahrain's main leftist opposition party, National Democratic Action and its columnists include some of the country's most prominent leftists such as Sameera Rajab and Mahmood Al Gassab, who is a leading member of the Jami'at al-Tajammu' al-Qawmi al-Dimuqrat, one of the four opposition societies to the government.
2 August – Bahrain Beat Korea in the Opening Game of the 2023 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship. [2] 25 August – Massive protests going on in Manama in solidarity with political prisoners who are on hunger strike. [3] 30 August – Sherine Hussain of Bahrain sets a world sub-junior record with a remarkable deadlift of 156.5 kilograms. [4]
Al-Wasat was generally regarded as the only independent newspaper in Bahrain. The newspaper ran for 15 years, during which is provided reporting unique to Bahrain. The government of Bahrain forcibly closed the newspaper on 4 June 2017, in a move which Amnesty International termed an "all-out campaign to end independent reporting". [2]
Abdulkarim "Karim" Fakhrawi, was a 49-year-old Bahraini journalist, businessman, co-founder of the newspaper Alwasat, [18] and owner of the largest group of bookstores in Bahrain. He was also a member of Al-Wefaq, Bahrain's principal opposition party. [19] He died on 11 April 2011 from injuries sustained during torture while in NSA custody.