Useful Bahrain Websites, News Sites and Blogs

Here we take a look at some great Bahrain blogs, websites, news sites, facebook pages and others you may find interesting. Blogs are especially great to find out what expat life in Bahrain will be like. Some of the bloggers below have been blogging for years and their archives are packed full of really useful information. There's also links to Bahrain based news websites so you can see what's happening on a daily basis... enjoy!

Bahrain News Sites

Gulf Daily News
The Gulf Daily News was the first daily English newspaper to be published in Bahrain. It is distributed locally in Bahrain. The paper, which is one of six daily newspapers in Bahrain, calls itself "The Voice of Bahrain". The name is abbreviated the GDN.
www.gulf-daily-news.com

Bahrain Tribune/ Daily Tribune
Daily Tribune is an English-language newspaper in Bahrain, started in 1997. It originally started as a broadsheet with the name Bahrain Tribune, but in September 2010 it was relaunched as the Daily Tribune and converted into a tabloid.
epaper.dt.bh

Gulf Weekly
The newspaper has a printed circulation of over 13,000 per week, which is boosted at various times of the year to coincide with special exhibitions and events in Bahrain. The minimum estimated print readership is in excess of 60,000 per week. The newspaper is distributed in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman.
gulfweeklyworldwide.com

Blogs

Blonde in Bahrain
Read about a blonde's life in Bahrain. She's been living there since 1998 and writes about life in Bahrain, paces to see and products to get.
www.blondeinbahrain.com

Time Well Spent
Personal blog of Jaina, a 30-something Brit living in Bahrain, working remotely, taking photos on the daily and blogging all what rattles in her head.
www.time-wellspent.com

Other Handy Websites

The British Club
The British Club, which was voted "Best Social Club in the World" in the UK Telegraph's Best of British 2010 awards, is one of the oldest and most popular clubs in Bahrain. The Club was founded in 1935 and was originally known as The Gymkhana Club. Since then it has gone from strength to strength and currently has a membership of over 1600 members.
http://britishclubbahrain.com/

The Bahrain British Business Forum
The BBBF was formed in 1995 to promote trade and investment between Bahrain and Britain in a non-discriminatory, non-political and non-profit making manner.
The BBBF is widely recognized in Bahrain and the UK as a leading impartial business sector group.
The Forum works to create and sustain a favourable business environment. The BBBF strives to assist and introduce new trade and investment’s to both countries that can benefit and enhance the common economic interests of our member companies.
www.bbbforum.org

UK In Bahrain Facebook Page
The page of the British Embassy in Bahrain, which keeps you up to date with all our events & activity and any important advisories and announcements.
www.facebook.com/ukinbahrain