The paper was not subject to any censorship until 3 October 1953 when it featured articles on the recent riots in the country. It praised the abolition of the monarchy in Egypt in 1952 and supported the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh when he was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état. The paper's constant target was the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) which was run by foreigners. Together with nationalist magazine "Sawt al-Bahrain" the company was labelled as "Tyrannical BAPCO, a small state", and "the colonialist company". The publication of an advertisement of the Egyptian musical "Khadd al Jami" in June 1953 caused controversy due to its appearance in Ramadan.