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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, also sometimes known by its subtitle News of Bahrain, is an English-language daily newspaper in Bahrain. [1] History and profile
[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 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]
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 ...
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The Bahraini dinar was introduced in 1965, replacing the Gulf rupee at a rate of 10 rupees = 1 dinar. It was initially equivalent to 3 ⁄ 4 of a pound sterling (15 shillings). When sterling was devalued in 1967, the dinar was repegged to 17s 6d sterling (7 ⁄ 8 of a pound). Bahraini coins and notes were introduced at that time.
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.