Local newspapers brim with advertisements as election candidates in Abu Dhabi take to the stand in the first week of campaigning. The National cites that 30 pages of Arabic adverts were printed in newspapers in the first week. Front page spots in Al Bayan and Al Ittihad are fully booked until the end of the campaign on September 21, 2011.

Candidates are also advertising on billboards, radio and television. Across four popular Arabic newspapers – Al Ittihad, Al Bayan, Emarat Al Youm and Al Khaleej. There were 159 adverts for 71 candidates in the week.

Read more.