Al-Raya

Crosswire lists Al-Raya as Center within Qatar's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.

Read Al-Raya beside another title from Qatar and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Qatar covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Al-Raya's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Al-Raya is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Qatar either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Al-Raya is one of 5 outlets tracked in Qatar, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being The Peninsula, Gulf Times and Qatar Tribune. By outlets tracked, Qatar ranks 12th 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 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Al-Raya outside Qatar, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are Times of Oman (Oman), Aden Al-Ghad (Yemen), Le Matin (Morocco) and El Watan (Algeria). Opening one of them beside Al-Raya is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.