List of newspapers in Bahrain


The first local newspaper in Bahrain was Al Bahrayn which was published between 1939 and 1944.
Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority reported that the number of newspapers in 1999 was four which were published in Arabic and English languages. There were a total of 12 dailies and weeklies in the country in 2012.
Below is a list of the newspapers published in Bahrain.
Title

Frequency
Type
Language
Publication
city
Website
Year
established
Editorial
political
affiliation
Circulation
Akhbar Al Khaleej dailyNewspaper Arabic1976Pro-government, Arab Nationalist
Al Ayam dailyNewspaper Arabic1989
Al Bilad dailyNewspaper Arabic2008
Al-Waqt dailyCLOSEDArabic2006-2010
Al-Wasat dailyNewspaper ArabicManama2002
Al-Watan dailyNewspaper Arabic2005
Daily TribunedailyNew Generation NewspaperEnglishManama2015
Gulf Daily NewsdailyNewspaper EnglishManama1978
Gulf MadhyamamdailyNewspaper Malayalam-1999
Middle East ChandrikadailyNewspaper Malayalam-2007
Malayala ManoramadailyNewspaper Malayalam-1888
Khaleej MagdailyNewspaper English2015Centre-right
Gulf ThejasdailyNewspaper Malayalam-2012