Mansoor al Jamri

Mansoor alJamri is a Bahraini columnist, author, human rights activist and former opposition leader. He is the editorinchief of AlWasat, an Arabic language independent daily newspaper. He is also the second son of the Shia spiritual leader Sheikh AbdulAmir alJamri, who died in 2006.

A few months after he was born in the village of Bani Jamra, alJamri moved with his family to Iraq where his father continued his religious studies. To his delight, alJamri returned to Bahrain in 1973 and five years later graduated from high school. In 1979 he moved to the United Kingdom to continue his higher education. Between 1987 and 2001, alJamri lived in selfimposed exile in UK where he became the spokesman of the opposition group, Bahrain Freedom Movement. Following a series of reforms of which he was initially skeptical of, alJamri returned to Bahrain in December 2001. He cofounded AlWasat in September 2002 and became its editorinchief since then. The newspaper, said to be the only one offering independent and nonsectarian coverage in Bahrain was a success, becoming the countrys most popular and profitable. AlJamri writes daily columns described to be moderate and nonsectarian.

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