Al-Waqt Explained

Al Waqt
Type:Daily newspaper
Foundation:21 February 2006
Language:Arabic
Ceased Publication:May 2010

Al-Waqt (Arabic: الوقت meaning The Time) was a Bahraini Arabic-language daily newspaper. It was published between 2006 and 2010.

History and profile

Al Waqt was first published on 21 February 2006.[1] [2] Khawla Mattar was among the founders of the paper[3] which was headquartered in West Riffa.[4]

Ibrahim Bashmi, a member of Bahrain's Shura Council, served as the editor-in-chief.[5] [6]

The newspaper ceased publication in May 2010 after incurring financial difficulties.[7] In July 2012, it was revealed that Bahraini MP Osama Muhana was planning to purchase the newspaper.[8]

The paper had a leftist-nationalist slant, and along with Al Wasat, is regarded as the only Bahraini newspaper independent of the government. Among the popular writers for the paper's opinion columns were poet Qasim Haddad, Munira Fakhro, Abdulhadi Khalaf, and Mohammed Fadhel.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Daily in Bahrain . The Arab Press Network . 9 September 2014 . 7 March 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195940/http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/articlesv2.php?id=617 . 10 September 2014 .
  2. Book: Abdallah Shalaby. Salah al Din al Jurshi. Mostafa El Nabarawy. Moheb Zaki. Qays Jawad Azzawi. Antoine Nasri Messarra. Towards a Better Life: How to Improve the State of Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. 2010. GPoT. 978-605-4233-21-2. 127.
  3. Web site: Workshop Director Profiles. Cambridge Gulf Research. 8 October 2014.
  4. Web site: Media Landscape. Bahrain. Menassat. 4 October 2014. 29 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152624/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Fmedia-landscape%2Fmedia-landscape-0. dead.
  5. Web site: Omran Salman . Dissent and Reform in Bahrain: Challenging Government Control of Media . American Enterprise Institute . 8 October 2014 . 2 November 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141012180647/http://www.aei.org/files/2006/11/02/20061030_SalmanArticle.pdf . 12 October 2014 .
  6. News: Mazen Mahdi. Strike over pay silences Bahrain newspaper for a day. 8 October 2014. The National. 21 April 2010.
  7. News: Habib Toumi. Al Waqt newspaper shuts down for lack of funds. 14 December 2013. Gulf News. 3 May 2010.
  8. News: Bahrain MP in talks to buy newspaper. 3 July 2012. TradeArabia. 2 July 2012.

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