Al Waqt...
is a newspaper for you

Because we think that Al Waqt is your project, we ask you to discover yourself in it...
A Short brief to enlighten the heart and the mind,
Al Waqt is a newspaper for you...

Ebrahim Bashmi
Chairman and Chief of Editorial Board

Our Commitments <<<

1. Independence
2. Respect for public and individual rights
3. Citizenship
4. The right for all for a peacful expression of their opinion
5. Equality
6. Tolerance
7. The basic right for knowledge and information
8. Respect for political legitmacy
9. Reject all forms of sectarianism

This means ...

We strive to establish a newspaper committed to basic professional standards. It is no invention, but we shall work hard to cherish and foster the professional ethics we believe in at the same time we have to be a successful economic project.

Shareholders <<<

This media establishment is formed by 60 shareholders who represent the Bahraini society in its best form. They represent different segments of the Bahraini society and believe in this Endeavour. They hope in the end to establish a new newspaper in Bahrain geared towards professionalism, seriousness and is open to all schools of thoughts and trends that represent the Bahraini society at large.

The Board of Directors:

The Heartbeat <<<

Al Waqt is run by a group of professional journalists forming a coherent team. Mr. Ibrahim Bashmi, Chief of the Editorial Board, is a renowned journalist who started his career in journalism in the early 70’s. He assisted in the establishment of a number of newspapers and magazines beside his other interests as a reputable editor and author of many publications and books.

The Managing Editor is Mr.Rashad Abu Dawood, a distinguished Arab journalist who possess a wealth of experience in journalism and as an editor, where he worked in Kuwait, UAE and Jordan.

AL Waqt has two Deputy Managing Editors namely Mr. Ghassan Al Shihabi and Mr. Fareed Ahmed Hassan. Mr. Al Shihabi possesses a wide experience in various journalism fields in most local newspapers.
Mr. Hassan has accumulated his experience in newspapers and magazines both in Bahrain and UAE.

Mr. Mohammed Fadhel is the Advisor for Al Waqt. He is a well known Bahraini journalist where he worked as a reporter/editor and now an advisor to many local and international press establishments.

Production manager is Mr. Abdul Aziz Abdul Hameed who worked in various art sections in local newspapers and has a long experience in designing, page layout and production.

Al Waqt <<<

Keen to provide the news and analysis to a wide spectrum of readers with high professionalism in addition to specialized supplements.

The economic supplement targets businessmen and decision makers in trade and other enterprises. We have also added very appealing supplement for those interested in sports as well as other sections and pages for family, women, children, health and nutrition...among others.

Our expertise, the good experience enjoyed by the leading team and the values which we hold are our daily guide on our way to publishing a credible daily.

What do we Offer <<<

We seek to present all what is new and different, but we have to know this new thing and rediscover it, believe in it to be able to introduce it to our readers. Most important of all is
how to introduce or package it. All other daily newspapers offer what we plan to offer, news, features, columns, and world events..etc.
All the other newspapers affirm that they are there to serve the reader only... then why Al Waqt?
Because:

1. We do not follow others, we always take a new path,

2. We analyze news and information before we deliver it to the readers, we investigate before we publish, to be able to present this piece of news in the most accurate and objective way.

We are determined ...

To succeed and grow, work hard to boost the rules, principles and ethics of professional journalism. Our success does not depend on doing what others are doing, but through building on what is positive and avoiding the negative.

Who We Are <<<

1. We are not a political party newspaper

2. We are not an enterprise newspaper

3. We have no personal agenda

4. We are not a government newspaper

5. We shall have no false propaganda

6. We are a professional group of journalists

7. Yet we are a profitable project

8. We have noticed that many in the newspaper business have other motives than professionalism, such as political motives....etc.