When a newspaper becomes an institution

Only one English newspaper in the UAE has earned the right to be called an institution. Khaleej Times has a towering personality and a broader appeal that distinguishes itself from a media organisation, company, network, channel or a mere information outlet. Such an institution is built on service, transparency, credibility and accountability. Khaleej Times is confident to say that it has succeeded on all fronts in four remarkable decades. We represent voices and values that inspire and strengthen society, while serving as a rampart, a fortress against those ideas inimical to the immediate community, polity and global unity. We are a repository, a reservoir of knowledge and learning. And we feel younger as we hit our fabulous forties, eager to inspire future generations like we did in the past. A case of blowing our own trumpet, you might say, but we speak the truth, and you have been both receivers and givers to our worthy cause.

Khaleej Times is different because we have remained committed to our social responsibility while staying confident in our ability to usher change, and be part of future transformation and reform through our commitment to journalism — a word often shunned by modern curators and aggregators of information. Propagandists, public relations experts are never in short supply in this age of spin, but we produce journalists and can state with pride that the journalism we have practised has endured, and spread. It is our journalists who now serve in other newspapers and media organisations in the UAE and abroad. Remember, we were here first. We set the ground rules. We taught them and they have taken our values and ideals forward. Indeed, this newspaper has shaped the news landscape of this country. That’s why we publish so boldly in print and online, and strive to serve people as we assimilate, inspire, express and get involved with issues that concern us. Forty is a beginning, and we have only gotten into our stride. There’s youthful dynamism and spunk in what we do, aided by technology as we inform, entertain and mould opinions built on solid values. The best years are ahead of us with you on our side. So grow young with us. The best is yet to be.