Bahrain Mirror

Bahrain Mirror is an independent Arabic-language digital outlet founded in 2011 and published from exile, with an English-language section. Reporting on Bahraini politics, human rights and the economy, it offers opposition-inclined coverage unavailable in the kingdom's domestic press, where the last independent newspaper, Al-Wasat, was shut down by authorities in 2017.

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Bahrain Mirror at a glance

Country: Bahrain
Region: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: bahrainmirror.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Bahrain Mirror

Crosswire groups Bahrain Mirror as Centrist for comparisons within Bahrain's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Bahrain Mirror sits in Bahrain's press

Bahrain Mirror is one of 5 outlets tracked in Bahrain and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. By outlets tracked, Bahrain ranks 14th of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 16 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Bahrain Mirror outside Bahrain, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are Webdo (Tunisia), The Libya Observer (Libya), Egypt Independent (Egypt) and Enab Baladi (Syria). Opening one of them beside Bahrain Mirror is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.