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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 ...
Bahrain portal. v. t. e. The media of Bahrain mainly consists of several weekly and daily newspapers, with the Information Affairs Authority controlling Bahrain 's state-owned Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation, which broadcasts radio and television services. [1] The media is predominantly in Arabic though English language and Malayalam ...
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.
Bahrain has sentenced 13 prisoners to an additional three years over a sit-in held in a detention facility in 2021 that prison authorities say was violent. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and ...
It is one of the Bahrain's oldest daily papers. The first editor-in-chief and founder was Mahmood Al Mardi and its staff composed of mainly Egyptian, Sudanese, and Bahraini journalists. Ali Sayyar, a veteran Bahraini journalist, had a column in the paper. As of 2006 Anwar Abdul Rahman was the head of the paper.
Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera stated that Bahrain is considered to be the country most vulnerable to unrest amongst Arab States of the Persian Gulf. [ 77 ] In a column dated 14 June 2011 for The Independent veteran British Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk lashed out at Bahraini and Saudi authorities over the treatment of protests and ...
Since achieving independence in 1971, Bahrain has maintained friendly relations with most of its neighbours and with the world community. It generally pursues a policy of close consultation with neighbouring states and works to narrow areas of disagreement. Bahrain is a member of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC ...
The Day of Rage (Arabic: يوم الغضب, romanized: Yawm al-Ghaḍab) is the name given by protesters in Bahrain to 14 February 2011, the first day of the national uprising as part of the Arab Spring. Inspired by successful uprisings in Egypt and in Tunisia, Bahraini youth organised protests using social-media websites.