Gulf Today

Gulf Today is an English-language daily newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates, based in Sharjah. It covers UAE and regional affairs, business, and international news for the country's English-speaking and expatriate population. As a UAE outlet, its reporting operates within the local media environment.

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Gulf Today at a glance

Country: United Arab Emirates
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 Today

Crosswire groups Gulf Today as Centrist for comparisons within the United Arab Emirates' 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 Today sits in the United Arab Emirates' press

Gulf Today is one of 6 outlets tracked in the United Arab Emirates, and one of 6 daily newspapers among them — the others being The National, Gulf News, Khaleej Times, Al Bayan and Emarat Al Youm. By outlets tracked, the United Arab Emirates ranks third 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 Today outside the United Arab Emirates, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), Times of Oman (Oman), Aden Al-Ghad (Yemen) and Le Matin (Morocco). Opening one of them beside Gulf Today is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.