"Sawt al-Bahrain" ceased publication in 1954 due to the pressure from the British authorities as a result of the conflicts about the Suez Canal. The last issue of the monthly appeared in August 1954. The same year another Bahraini publication, "Al Qafilah", was also closed, and the advisor of the king, Charles Belgrave, reported the reason for these closures as their "offensive remarks about neighbouring friendly states."