Gulf Daily News
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | Al Hilal Group |
| Publisher | Al Hilal Group |
| Editor | George Williams |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Manama, Bahrain |
| Website | www.gulf-daily-news.com |
The Gulf Daily News is an English-language newspaper published in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Al Hilal Group. It is distributed locally in Bahrain. It is owned by the Al Hilal Group, which publishes 13 other newspapers and magazines, including the local Arabic newspaper Akhbar Al Khaleej. The paper, which is one of six daily newspapers in Bahrain, calls itself "The Voice of Bahrain". The name is abbreviated the GDN.
The Gulf Daily News was the first daily English newspaper to be published in Bahrain. It was founded in March 1978 by the Al Hilal Group which is also the publisher. The group also publishes Akhbar Al Khaleej, an Arabic daily.
Until the publishing of Bahrain Tribune, the paper held the status as Bahrain's only English newspaper. The paper was created with a focus to provide news to the English-speaking residents of Bahrain, consisting mainly of British, Americans, Filipinos, Indians and Pakistanis. The staff are a mixture of Bahrainis, British, Filipinos and Indians.
Traditionally, the Gulf Daily News was pro-government, but with the political reforms instigated after 2001, it now includes Islamists as well as liberals on its staff. The newspaper has several columnists who write regularly about local issues.
The GDN currently has some of the Arabian Gulf's widely known writers working for it, namely the following: Mohammed Al A'ali (Bahraini), Sandeep Singh Grewal (Indian) and Avinash Saxena (Indian).
Notable past reporters: Arthur Macdonald (Scottish), Mandeep Singh (Indian), Indira Chand (Indian), Reem Antoon (Iraqi), Amira Al Husseini (Bahraini), Eunice Del Rosario (Filipino), Sara Wickham (British), Tariq Khonji (Bahraini), Soman Baby (Indian), Noor Toorani (Bahraini) and Mohammed Mohsen (Bahraini).
Reporters who have since died include Les Horton (British), Richard Moore (American), Vinitha Vishwanath (Indian), Sanjay Santiago (Indian) and Mohammed Aslam (Bahraini).
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