Natural pearls from Bahrain once fetched the highest prices among western jewellers, prompting the likes of Jacques Cartier to visit the small Gulf state to procure them. In its heyday in the early 1900s, the pearl industry employed an estimated 17,500 people and was the lynchpin of the Bahraini economy. These days, pearling is all-but [...]
Bahrain should consider allowing expatriates to adopt abandoned children to ease the burden on the country’s orphanages, according to rights activists. They say many youngsters are being prevented from going to good homes as a result of the existing law, which only allows Bahrainis to adopt. The call came less than a week after a [...]
Up until 1929, pearl diving was the major industry in Bahrain as our grandfathers set out to sea for four months to collect treasures which would provide them with a source of income. Leaving home for the pearling season between April and August, most were already in debt, forced to borrow money from their captains [...]
Newly-crowned Miss Arab World Wafa Janahi flew back to Bahrain to a tumultuous welcome yesterday. The 23-year-old law graduate was mobbed by family, friends and well-wishers after she disembarked from her EgyptAir flight at Bahrain International Airport. She was dressed in the spectacular robes she was wearing when judges awarded her the prestigious title in [...]
MPs voted yesterday to ban the sale of alcohol at all clubs and civil societies in Bahrain. They voted unanimously in favour of the ban, which will now go to the Cabinet for a final decision. The ban would come under a new article to the 1989 law governing societies, social and cultural clubs, youth [...]
Two nights of pure entertainment comes your way during the Second Jazz Festival in Bahrain. An impressive line-up of stars, including a gypsy swing group from Holland, an American pianist and singer and a Polish guitarist, will be performing next week and early next month. American Karen Edwards, a Grammy award nominee, and the Jarek [...]
Under the patronage of Dr. AbdulLatif Kanoo, Beit AlQuran Founder & Executive Chairman, Albareh Art Gallery is to inaugurate an exhibition by eleven prominent artists and calligraphers entitled “Contemporary Calligraphy II †on the 23rd of April at 7pm. The 11 participating artists are Jalil Rasouli (Iran), Farhad Moshiri (Iran), Khaled AlSaai (Syria), Hakim Ghazali [...]
Bahrain needs to build relations with the world as a small nation and the network of friends resulting from that should be utilised to the advantage of the kingdom’s economy, the crown prince and BDF commander in chief, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al khalifa, has said. In an interview with the daily ‘Al Ayam’, published [...]
The public relations industry in the Gulf has a crucial role to play in preventing the spread of Islamophobia in the world, a top government official said yesterday. Information Minister Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar says the profession has an increased importance in the new world order and must use its position to help correct misconceptions [...]
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