Gulf Times

Gulf Times is a Qatari English-language daily newspaper based in Doha, with an accompanying website. It provides coverage of national and regional Gulf news, business, sport, and international affairs for English-speaking audiences in Qatar. As one of the country's established English-language dailies, it caters to both local readers and Qatar's sizeable expatriate population.

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Gulf Times at a glance

Country: Qatar
Region: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Gulf Times

Crosswire groups Gulf Times as Centrist for comparisons within Qatar'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 Gulf Times sits in Qatar's press

Gulf Times is one of 5 outlets tracked in Qatar, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being The Peninsula, Qatar Tribune and Al-Raya. 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 Gulf Times outside Qatar, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are Kuwait Times (Kuwait), Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), Times of Oman (Oman) and Aden Al-Ghad (Yemen). Opening one of them beside Gulf Times is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.