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Bahrain - Manama Capital of Arab Tourism 2013
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- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
Manama Capital of Arab Tourism 2013.
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A Tourist's Guide to Manama, Bahrain
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- Duration: 5:45
- Updated: 26 Feb 2013
We spend a couple of days in Bahrain seeing thr sights.
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We spend a couple of days in Bahrain seeing thr sights.
- published: 26 Feb 2010
- views: 1430
- author: cessnagbdso
Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama
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- Duration: 11:34
- Updated: 05 Mar 2013
Trip to Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama Please like my videos, and don't forget to subscribe by clicking the subscribe button up top! MUSIC CREDIT: Modern Jazz Sa...
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Trip to Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama Please like my videos, and don't forget to subscribe by clicking the subscribe button up top! MUSIC CREDIT: Modern Jazz Sa...
- published: 02 Jun 2012
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- author: martynaza
Manama Capital of Arab Tourism-2013
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- Duration: 0:57
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
The Ministry of Culture in association with Gulf Air present "Manama - Capital of Arab Tourism - 2013"
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The Ministry of Culture in association with Gulf Air present "Manama - Capital of Arab Tourism - 2013"
- published: 27 Oct 2012
- views: 430
- author: Gulf Air
Ride In Bahrain - Day & Night
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- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 28 Feb 2013
Ride in Bahrain through Airport Street going to Aradous Avenue -Daylight- and toward Manama through Muharraq new causeway going inside Ghudaybia - At Night-
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Ride in Bahrain through Airport Street going to Aradous Avenue -Daylight- and toward Manama through Muharraq new causeway going inside Ghudaybia - At Night-
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 350
- author: PrestigiousBH
Driving The streets of Manama Bahrain
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- Duration: 5:50
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
taking a tour of manama bahrain from nsa bahrain stay tuned for more bahrain videos! subscribe!
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- published: 24 Aug 2012
- views: 906
- author: sloanh812
Bahrain City Guide & Travel Information
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- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 23 Feb 2013
Bahrain City guide and Travel information brought to you by www.ihral.com, Information for Bahrain visitors, Restaurants, Sights to see, shopping, Festivals,...
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Bahrain City guide and Travel information brought to you by www.ihral.com, Information for Bahrain visitors, Restaurants, Sights to see, shopping, Festivals,...
- published: 04 Nov 2012
- views: 1230
- author: irhaltravel
City Tour in One Minute: Manama, Bahrain
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- Duration: 1:01
- Updated: 08 Mar 2013
Part of my series showcasing my travels around the world.
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Part of my series showcasing my travels around the world.
- published: 16 Sep 2011
- views: 17834
- author: TheWorldvisitor
American Ally Tour (Manama Bahrain)
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- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
this is a tour of american ally in manama bahrain sub4sub.
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this is a tour of american ally in manama bahrain sub4sub.
- published: 19 Aug 2012
- views: 857
- author: sloanh812
Tour Bahrain!
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- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 03 Jan 2013
This is some clips of my bahrain trip back in April. The clips were shot on my digi camera, so that's the reason why it's not clear and is rather more dark t...
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This is some clips of my bahrain trip back in April. The clips were shot on my digi camera, so that's the reason why it's not clear and is rather more dark t...
- published: 22 Aug 2007
- views: 6796
- author: vinumat
From Dilmun To Bahrain
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- Duration: 1:26
- Updated: 07 Feb 2013
From Dilmun To Bahrain is a corporate film, commissioned by the Bahraini Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Information. The film retraces the six thousand yea...
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From Dilmun To Bahrain is a corporate film, commissioned by the Bahraini Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Information. The film retraces the six thousand yea...
- published: 11 Jul 2012
- views: 256
- author: Firehorse Showreel
Bahrain - Small but Beautiful
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- Duration: 6:26
- Updated: 06 Mar 2013
tourism in Bahrain.
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Visiting Bahrain
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- Duration: 2:56
- Updated: 18 Jan 2013
Discover Bahrain Other travels in pictures and movies @ http://www.ddpn.net.
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Discover Bahrain Other travels in pictures and movies @ http://www.ddpn.net.
- published: 13 Dec 2009
- views: 6092
- author: David PIN
Video on bahrain tourism- Food
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- Duration: 1:01
- Updated: 16 Apr 2012
This video is my first project on creating a linear video, with story board and script writting.
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This video is my first project on creating a linear video, with story board and script writting.
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 275
- author: Samreen Ali
Walking in the streets of Manama,Bahrain
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- Duration: 3:42
- Updated: 23 Feb 2013
one wonderful morning.
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Manama, Capital of Arab Culture
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- Duration: 1:28
- Updated: 06 Sep 2012
for more info www.jeoproductions.com.
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Bahrain Grand Prix 2012: protesters scuffle with police in Manama
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- Duration: 1:14
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
A group of protesters, including reknowned activists Nabeel Rajab and Zainab al-Khawaja, try to march into a tourist area in Manama, but are stopped and arre...
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A group of protesters, including reknowned activists Nabeel Rajab and Zainab al-Khawaja, try to march into a tourist area in Manama, but are stopped and arre...
- published: 22 Apr 2012
- views: 23824
- author: telegraphtv
Tourism in Bahrain
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- Duration: 1:35
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
A short video explaining the features of the Bahrain Tourism and fun station and Grand Prix.
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A short video explaining the features of the Bahrain Tourism and fun station and Grand Prix.
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 1196
- author: BuAhmedTwitt Mohamed
Driving in Manama Bahrain
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- Duration: 2:40
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Driving in Manama Bahrain.
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BAB Market - English
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- Duration: 1:02
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
The Ministry of Culture, in celebration of this year's Manama Capital of Arab Tourism 2013, is launching BAB Market; a contemporary outdoor festival in the h...
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The Ministry of Culture, in celebration of this year's Manama Capital of Arab Tourism 2013, is launching BAB Market; a contemporary outdoor festival in the h...
- published: 18 Feb 2013
- views: 428
- author: MOCBahrain
Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012
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- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 12 Jul 2012
Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012, is a lyrical film shot around a specially composed aria entitled 'Manama'. The Firehorse team had only two weeks from c...
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Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012, is a lyrical film shot around a specially composed aria entitled 'Manama'. The Firehorse team had only two weeks from c...
- published: 12 Jul 2012
- views: 171
- author: Firehorse Showreel
Tourism in Bahrain
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- Duration: 1:14
- Updated: 15 May 2012
Tourism in Bahrain.
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Bahrain Tourist Board advert
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- Duration: 1:09
- Updated: 02 Oct 2012
Bridgette Amofah.
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ทูไนท์โชว์ 2/7 บาห์เรน Bahrain 11 Mar 2013
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- Duration: 13:29
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
ทูไนท์โชว์ 3/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3F6SyXbMks ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แสตมป์ อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข ร่วมเป็นแฟนเพจกับ CiNNtv3 ที่ facebook.c...
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ทูไนท์โชว์ 3/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3F6SyXbMks ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แสตมป์ อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข ร่วมเป็นแฟนเพจกับ CiNNtv3 ที่ facebook.c...
- published: 11 Mar 2013
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ทูไนท์โชว์ 3/7 บาห์เรน Bahrain 11 Mar 2013
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- Duration: 11:21
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
ทูไนท์โชว์ 4/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6pqaXkWXg0 ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แสตมป์ อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข ร่วมเป็นแฟนเพจกับ CiNNtv3 ที่ facebook.c...
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ทูไนท์โชว์ 4/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6pqaXkWXg0 ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แสตมป์ อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข ร่วมเป็นแฟนเพจกับ CiNNtv3 ที่ facebook.c...
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- views: 307
- author: CiNNtv3
Bahrain: Shouting in the dark
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- Duration: 50:56
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
Shouting in the dark.
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Revolution Bahrain : demonstrations and violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police
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- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
Revolution Bahrain : demonstrations and violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police. West of the capital Manama (16 February 2013)
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Revolution Bahrain : demonstrations and violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police. West of the capital Manama (16 February 2013)
- published: 17 Feb 2013
- views: 2997
- author: RevolutionBahrainMC
Undercover Kingdom - Bahrain
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- Duration: 22:15
- Updated: 04 Mar 2013
For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=61722 With civil unrest in Bahrain worsening, protestors continue to suffer under a g...
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For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=61722 With civil unrest in Bahrain worsening, protestors continue to suffer under a g...
- published: 04 Oct 2011
- views: 21109
- author: journeymanpictures
BAHRAIN BURI 14 FeB 2013.
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- Duration: 4:35
- Updated: 08 Mar 2013
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- published: 14 Feb 2013
- views: 7347
- author: AboAlsada1
Bahrain Police Clash With Anti-Goverment Protesters
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
MANAMA, BAHRAIN (FEBRUARY 12, 2013) Bahraini riot police used tear gas and armoured personnel carries to disperse anti-government protesters in Sanabis, near...
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MANAMA, BAHRAIN (FEBRUARY 12, 2013) Bahraini riot police used tear gas and armoured personnel carries to disperse anti-government protesters in Sanabis, near...
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 3697
- author: MinWashingtonNews
THAI Bahrain Shamo : 3 ans
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- Duration: 5:10
- Updated: 12 Mar 2013
Reproducteur de 3 ans.
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Leinen los im Hafen von Bahrain
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- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 12 Mar 2013
Begegnung im Hafen: Kahlifa Bin Salman, in Manaman/Bahrain, mit dem Kreuzfahrtschiff Queen Mary II Auf unserem Kreuzfahrtschiff, der AIDAblu, hieß es gerade ...
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Begegnung im Hafen: Kahlifa Bin Salman, in Manaman/Bahrain, mit dem Kreuzfahrtschiff Queen Mary II Auf unserem Kreuzfahrtschiff, der AIDAblu, hieß es gerade ...
- published: 12 Mar 2013
- author: nadide45
Hala Bahrain 11-03-2013 Part- 05
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- Duration: 11:21
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 إبداع شباب: مشروع برايل منيو مع فجر الهاشل تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
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البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 إبداع شباب: مشروع برايل منيو مع فجر الهاشل تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- author: Hala Bahrain
Hala Bahrain 11-03-2013 Part- 04
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- Duration: 10:39
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 مهرجان يوم المشي الحادي عشر مع عبدالله عقيل ويوسف الملا تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
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البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 مهرجان يوم المشي الحادي عشر مع عبدالله عقيل ويوسف الملا تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- author: Hala Bahrain
Royal Torture: Bahrain princess charged with activist abuse
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- Duration: 3:48
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
Bahraini authorities are set for a new round of talks with the opposition later this week amid the continuing crackdown on anti-regime rallies across the nat...
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Bahraini authorities are set for a new round of talks with the opposition later this week amid the continuing crackdown on anti-regime rallies across the nat...
- published: 28 Jan 2013
- views: 7774
- author: RussiaToday
Inside Bahrain episode 2
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- Duration: 24:00
- Updated: 08 Mar 2013
On today's Inside Bahrain we talk about the newly announced national reconciliation talks and the way the international media has covered the situation in Ba...
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On today's Inside Bahrain we talk about the newly announced national reconciliation talks and the way the international media has covered the situation in Ba...
- published: 27 Jan 2013
- views: 681
- author: presstvlondon
US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
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- Duration: 24:27
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
The US Fifth Fleet is a major US naval base which is anchored off Bahrain. It provides protection to the Bahraini royal family and also ensures US dominance ...
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The US Fifth Fleet is a major US naval base which is anchored off Bahrain. It provides protection to the Bahraini royal family and also ensures US dominance ...
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 2611
- author: PressTVGlobalNews
البحرين: تشييع الجزيري Bahrain: Thousands in Funeral of a young martyr
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:40
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
After 12 days of his death Thousands of Bahraini people participate in the funeral of a Protester killed by the regime 05th Mar 2013 Thousands of Bahraini pe...
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After 12 days of his death Thousands of Bahraini people participate in the funeral of a Protester killed by the regime 05th Mar 2013 Thousands of Bahraini pe...
- published: 06 Mar 2013
- views: 536
- author: watanialbahrain
Bahrain: Protest organized by opposition, 1-mar-2013
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- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 05 Mar 2013
The opposition blocs organized a mass rally today 1st of March 2013 with a very large participation of the Bahraini protesters, titled "Democracy is Our dema...
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The opposition blocs organized a mass rally today 1st of March 2013 with a very large participation of the Bahraini protesters, titled "Democracy is Our dema...
- published: 02 Mar 2013
- views: 248
- author: Ali Hasan
Hala Bahrain 11-03-2013 Part- 01
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:14
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 الإفتتاحية + الأخبار + الرياضة تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
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البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 الإفتتاحية + الأخبار + الرياضة تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- author: Hala Bahrain
Hala Bahrain 11-03-2013 Part- 07
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:37
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 تقرير: سوق باب البحرين + الختام تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
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البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 تقرير: سوق باب البحرين + الختام تقديم : بدر محمد + نور الشيخ.
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- author: Hala Bahrain
Hala Bahrain 11-03-2013 Part- 02
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:52
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 صحتك تهمنا: البوتوكس وأمراض الجهاز العصبي مع الدكتورة فرزانة السيد تقديم : بدر محمد + نور ا...
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البرنامج الصباحي هلا بحرين - تلفزيون البحرين الأثنين 11 مارس 2013 صحتك تهمنا: البوتوكس وأمراض الجهاز العصبي مع الدكتورة فرزانة السيد تقديم : بدر محمد + نور ا...
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- author: Hala Bahrain
US Double Standard on Bahrain | Interview with Brian Dooley
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:18
- Updated: 03 Mar 2013
US Double Standard on Bahrain | Interview with Brian Dooley. Uploaded by breakingtheset on Feb 21 2013. Abby Martin interviews Brian Dooley Director of Human Rights Defenders program at Human Rights First about the ongoing political crisis in Bahrain and the lack of US government and media attention on the issue LIKE Breaking the Set httpfbmebreakingtheset FOLLOW Abby Martin httptwittercomabbymartin. breaking the set.
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US Double Standard on Bahrain | Interview with Brian Dooley. Uploaded by breakingtheset on Feb 21 2013. Abby Martin interviews Brian Dooley Director of Human Rights Defenders program at Human Rights First about the ongoing political crisis in Bahrain and the lack of US government and media attention on the issue LIKE Breaking the Set httpfbmebreakingtheset FOLLOW Abby Martin httptwittercomabbymartin. breaking the set.
- published: 21 Feb 2013
- views: 950
- author: breakingtheset
![Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [1-2]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130312092224im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5UqKb6B62Eg/default.jpg "Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [1-2]")
Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [1-2]
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- Duration: 8:22
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [1-2]
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Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [1-2]
- published: 10 Mar 2013
- views: 2
- author: bahrainnewsagency
![Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [2-2]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130312092224im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Xn2QUn94nw/default.jpg "Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [2-2]")
Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [2-2]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:38
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [2-2]
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Bahrain English News Bulletins 10-03-2013 [2-2]
- published: 10 Mar 2013
- views: 1
- author: bahrainnewsagency
Bahrain English News Bulletins 28-02-2013 11pm part1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:25
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
Bahrain English News Bulletins 28-02-2013 11pm part1.
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Bahrain English News Bulletins 28-02-2013 11pm part1.
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 2297
- author: bahrainnewsagency
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خبریں-Evening News-Revolutionaries Gather,Mass Protest in Manama,Bahrain-Feb 08 2013-Urdu
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:00
- Updated: 09 Feb 2013
http://urdu.sahartv.ir/archive/video February 08 2013 --Iranian Nation has learnt from Karbala (Ashura) and Ramadan,The Imam of Friday Prayer Warns US --Mult...
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http://urdu.sahartv.ir/archive/video February 08 2013 --Iranian Nation has learnt from Karbala (Ashura) and Ramadan,The Imam of Friday Prayer Warns US --Mult...
- published: 08 Feb 2013
- views: 256
- author: Sahar UrduTv
Bomb Blasts Kill at Least Two in Manama, Bahrain
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Five bombs explode in the heart of the Bahraini capital Manama, killing two Asian street cleaners and possibly a third person. Full story: Five bombs explode...
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Five bombs explode in the heart of the Bahraini capital Manama, killing two Asian street cleaners and possibly a third person. Full story: Five bombs explode...
- published: 06 Nov 2012
- views: 3738
- author: NTDTV
bahrain:two asians dead/manama
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:13
- Updated: 09 Mar 2013
bahrain:two asians dead/manama.
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Crown Prince of Bahrain opens Manama Dialogue 2012
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- Duration: 25:48
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
HRH Prince Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain speaks at the opening dinner of the 2012 Manama Dialogue.
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HRH Prince Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain speaks at the opening dinner of the 2012 Manama Dialogue.
- published: 07 Dec 2012
- views: 2131
- author: IISSorg
Bahrain Bomb Explosions Kill Two Indian Workers in Downtown Manama
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:29
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Two Asian men were killed and another was critically injured in five serialised explosions that rocked the capital of Bahrain today, though the nationalities...
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Two Asian men were killed and another was critically injured in five serialised explosions that rocked the capital of Bahrain today, though the nationalities...
- published: 05 Nov 2012
- views: 2092
- author: NewsLlVE
#Bahrain opposition succeed in protesting in #Manama
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
Bahrain opposition succeed in protesting in #Manama Security forces crackdown the peaceful protesters... 07 September 2012.
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Bahrain opposition succeed in protesting in #Manama Security forces crackdown the peaceful protesters... 07 September 2012.
- published: 07 Sep 2012
- views: 6369
- author: alwefaqsociety
Manama fatal fire: deadly blaze kills 13 in Bahrain's capital city
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:03
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
Thirteen people were killed when fire raged through a three-storey building housing labourers in Manama on Friday January 11. Rescue services managed to save...
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Thirteen people were killed when fire raged through a three-storey building housing labourers in Manama on Friday January 11. Rescue services managed to save...
- published: 12 Jan 2013
- views: 508
- author: JewishNewsOne
American Ally Tour (Manama Bahrain)
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- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
this is a tour of american ally in manama bahrain sub4sub.
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this is a tour of american ally in manama bahrain sub4sub.
- published: 19 Aug 2012
- views: 857
- author: sloanh812
Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama
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- Duration: 11:34
- Updated: 05 Mar 2013
Trip to Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama Please like my videos, and don't forget to subscribe by clicking the subscribe button up top! MUSIC CREDIT: Modern Jazz Sa...
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Trip to Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama Please like my videos, and don't forget to subscribe by clicking the subscribe button up top! MUSIC CREDIT: Modern Jazz Sa...
- published: 02 Jun 2012
- views: 4905
- author: martynaza
Bahrain - Manama Capital of Arab Tourism 2013
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
Manama Capital of Arab Tourism 2013.
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Homemade bombs explode at Bangladesh protest site
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:16
- Updated: 09 Mar 2013
Dhaka, March 09 (ANI): Two homemade bombs exploded in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka at the site of massive protests taking place to urge the death penalty for wa...
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Dhaka, March 09 (ANI): Two homemade bombs exploded in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka at the site of massive protests taking place to urge the death penalty for wa...
- published: 09 Mar 2013
- author: ANImultimedia
Bahrain News Bulletins 04-03-2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 04 Mar 2013
Bahrain News Bulletins 04-03-2012.
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Manama Bahrain (out in town)
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- Duration: 1:35
- Updated: 15 Feb 2013
this is a short video of manama bahrain out in town stay tuned for more sub4sub.
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this is a short video of manama bahrain out in town stay tuned for more sub4sub.
- published: 19 Aug 2012
- views: 546
- author: sloanh812
البحرين: تشييع الجزيري Bahrain: Thousands in Funeral of a young martyr
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:40
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
After 12 days of his death Thousands of Bahraini people participate in the funeral of a Protester killed by the regime 05th Mar 2013 Thousands of Bahraini pe...
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After 12 days of his death Thousands of Bahraini people participate in the funeral of a Protester killed by the regime 05th Mar 2013 Thousands of Bahraini pe...
- published: 06 Mar 2013
- views: 536
- author: watanialbahrain
Manama, Bahrain Molotov cocktail attack against security forces
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Updated: 03 Mar 2013
Manama, Bahrain - Molotov cocktail attack against security forces.flv.
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Manama, Bahrain - Molotov cocktail attack against security forces.flv.
- published: 28 Dec 2012
- views: 596
- author: newsfulltime
Bahrain English News Bulletins 04-03-2013(4-4)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:03
- Updated: 04 Mar 2013
Bahrain English News Bulletins 04-03-2013(4-4)
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Bahrain English News Bulletins 04-03-2013(4-4)
- published: 04 Mar 2013
- views: 4
- author: bahrainnewsagency
Statement by Michael H. Posner Manama, Bahrain June 14, 2012
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- Duration: 6:01
- Updated: 13 Oct 2012
Statement by Michael H. Posner Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Manama, Bahrain June 14, 2012.
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Statement by Michael H. Posner Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Manama, Bahrain June 14, 2012.
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 772
- author: USEmbassyManama
Bahrain English News Bulletins 03-03-2013
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 03 Mar 2013
Bahrain English News Bulletins 03-03-2013.
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Bahrain English News Bulletins 03-03-2013.
- published: 03 Mar 2013
- views: 12
- author: bahrainnewsagency
#Bahrain: Crackdown of peaceful protesters at Manama
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:18
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Bahrain regime forces crackdown peaceful protesters at the capital Manama today 25th January 2013.
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Bahrain regime forces crackdown peaceful protesters at the capital Manama today 25th January 2013.
- published: 25 Jan 2013
- views: 6706
- author: alwefaqsociety
Manama Bahrain March 19 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:59
- Updated: 03 Dec 2012
Manama Bahrain March 19 2011. What I saw there after the protests.
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Manama Bahrain March 19 2011. What I saw there after the protests.
- published: 24 Nov 2012
- views: 82
- author: Random1700101
Bahrain police, protesters clash in capital Manama
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:15
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
Bahrain police, protesters clash in capital Manama Story from: http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-police-protesters-clash-capital-manama-150806095.html Witnesses ...
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Bahrain police, protesters clash in capital Manama Story from: http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-police-protesters-clash-capital-manama-150806095.html Witnesses ...
- published: 05 Oct 2012
- views: 41
- author: elizacassanpicus
Bahraini Protesters Clash With Riot Police In Manama
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:59
- Updated: 25 Jan 2013
Hundreds of Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police on Friday (January 25) in the capital Manama after authorities refused a request by the main opposit...
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Hundreds of Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police on Friday (January 25) in the capital Manama after authorities refused a request by the main opposit...
- published: 25 Jan 2013
- views: 182
- author: MinWashingtonNews
![Bahrain English News Bulletins 12-11-2012 [1-2]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130312092224im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/sdEMbJkm7B4/default.jpg "Bahrain English News Bulletins 12-11-2012 [1-2]")
Bahrain English News Bulletins 12-11-2012 [1-2]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:03
- Updated: 12 Nov 2012
Bahrain English News Bulletins 12-11-2012 [1-2]
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Bahrain English News Bulletins 12-11-2012 [1-2]
- published: 12 Nov 2012
- views: 93
- author: bahrainnewsagency
13:29
ทูไนท์โชว์ 2/7 บาห์เรน Bahrain 11 Mar 2013
ทูไนท์โชว์ 3/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3F6SyXbMks ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แส...
published: 11 Mar 2013
author: CiNNtv3
ทูไนท์โชว์ 2/7 บาห์เรน Bahrain 11 Mar 2013
ทูไนท์โชว์ 3/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3F6SyXbMks ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แสตมป์ อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข ร่วมเป็นแฟนเพจกับ CiNNtv3 ที่ facebook.c...
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- views: 290
- author: CiNNtv3
11:21
ทูไนท์โชว์ 3/7 บาห์เรน Bahrain 11 Mar 2013
ทูไนท์โชว์ 4/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6pqaXkWXg0 ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แส...
published: 11 Mar 2013
author: CiNNtv3
ทูไนท์โชว์ 3/7 บาห์เรน Bahrain 11 Mar 2013
ทูไนท์โชว์ 4/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6pqaXkWXg0 ทูไนท์โชว์ : 11 มีนาคม 2556 : แสตมป์ อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข ร่วมเป็นแฟนเพจกับ CiNNtv3 ที่ facebook.c...
- published: 11 Mar 2013
- views: 307
- author: CiNNtv3
50:56
Bahrain: Shouting in the dark
Shouting in the dark....
published: 04 Aug 2011
author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Bahrain: Shouting in the dark
Shouting in the dark.
- published: 04 Aug 2011
- views: 494513
- author: AlJazeeraEnglish
2:52
Revolution Bahrain : demonstrations and violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police
Revolution Bahrain : demonstrations and violent clashes between demonstrators and riot pol...
published: 17 Feb 2013
author: RevolutionBahrainMC
Revolution Bahrain : demonstrations and violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police
Revolution Bahrain : demonstrations and violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police. West of the capital Manama (16 February 2013)
- published: 17 Feb 2013
- views: 2997
- author: RevolutionBahrainMC
22:15
Undercover Kingdom - Bahrain
For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=61722 With civil u...
published: 04 Oct 2011
author: journeymanpictures
Undercover Kingdom - Bahrain
For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=61722 With civil unrest in Bahrain worsening, protestors continue to suffer under a g...
- published: 04 Oct 2011
- views: 21109
- author: journeymanpictures
4:35
BAHRAIN BURI 14 FeB 2013.
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Bahraini authorities are set for a new round of talks with the opposition later this week ...
published: 28 Jan 2013
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Royal Torture: Bahrain princess charged with activist abuse
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Inside Bahrain episode 2
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published: 10 Feb 2013
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Bahrain: Protest organized by opposition, 1-mar-2013
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published: 02 Mar 2013
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- published: 02 Mar 2013
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- author: Ali Hasan
11:14
Hala Bahrain 11-03-2013 Part- 01
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Bomb Blasts Kill at Least Two in Manama, Bahrain
Five bombs explode in the heart of the Bahraini capital Manama, killing two Asian street c...
published: 06 Nov 2012
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Bomb Blasts Kill at Least Two in Manama, Bahrain
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Crown Prince of Bahrain opens Manama Dialogue 2012
HRH Prince Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain speaks at the open...
published: 07 Dec 2012
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Crown Prince of Bahrain opens Manama Dialogue 2012
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Bahrain Bomb Explosions Kill Two Indian Workers in Downtown Manama
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published: 05 Nov 2012
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Bahrain Bomb Explosions Kill Two Indian Workers in Downtown Manama
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- published: 05 Nov 2012
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#Bahrain opposition succeed in protesting in #Manama
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Manama fatal fire: deadly blaze kills 13 in Bahrain's capital city
Thirteen people were killed when fire raged through a three-storey building housing labour...
published: 12 Jan 2013
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- published: 12 Jan 2013
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11:34
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Homemade bombs explode at Bangladesh protest site
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Bahrain News Bulletins 04-03-2012
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البحرين: تشييع الجزيري Bahrain: Thousands in Funeral of a young martyr
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Manama, Bahrain Molotov cocktail attack against security forces
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Bahrain English News Bulletins 04-03-2013(4-4)
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11 Mar 2013
The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen arrives to participate in the annual joint military exercises called Key Resolve. Photo. AP. SEOUL. South Korea and the US began annual war games as North Korea shut down a border hot line after threatening to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the two countries ... Tensions on the Korean peninsula are the highest since at least 2010, when 50 South Koreans were killed in attacks by the North ... ....(size: 6.1Kb)
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11 Mar 2013
Several Afghan and US-led coalition service members have been killed in the latest suspected insider attack on the international military force. Afghan officials said the incident on Monday took place in Wardak, a flashpoint province for Taliban violence on the doorstep of Kabul, the capital. "Today one or several individuals wearing an ANSF (Afghan National Security Force) uniform turned his or their weapon at a group of Afghan ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
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A staple storyline of popular Bollywood films over the years has been about siblings getting lost in a village fair or being forcibly separated by a hideous villain, only to be reunited years later. The happy endings normally spelled success. moviegoers went home happy while the filmmaker went laughing all the way to the bank ... Official statistic shows that some 60,000 children go missing every year from across the populous nation ... Share....(size: 11.6Kb)
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South Korean and US troops have launched a joint military exercise as North Korea, which has slammed the drill and threatened both countries with nuclear attack, severed its hotline with Seoul. The start of the two-week annual "Key Resolve" exercise follows a week of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, with North Korea lashing out over tightened UN sanctions adopted after its third nuclear test last month ... 463 Source. ... Share ... ....(size: 7.5Kb)
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09 Mar 2013
WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia. The drones crossed the border into Yemen, and were soon hovering over a group of trucks clustered in a desert patch of Jawf Province, a region of the impoverished country once renowned for breeding Arabian horses. Multimedia. Map. Connect With Us on Twitter ... ....(size: 8.5Kb)
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16 Feb 2013
Protesters holding Bahraini flags march along a highway during an anti-government rally organised by Bahrain's main opposition society Al Wefaq in Budaiya, west of Manama, February 15, 2013 ... The disturbance in the village of Sanabis west of the capital Manama was the latest in a series of skirmishes between Shi'ite youths and police since Friday, ......(size: 2.8Kb)
Al Jazeera
13 Feb 2013
Hundreds of people marched towards the square in the capital Manama carrying Bahraini flags and chanting, "square of martyrdom, we all still have the will.". The protest was called by the February 14 coalition, a loosely-organised group of mostly young protesters ... More than 80 people have been killed in the unrest ... 362 Source. ... Share. Send Feedback ... Bahraini police break up protest near Manama ... Bahraini police break up protest near Manama ... ....(size: 6.8Kb)
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06 Feb 2013
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29 Jan 2013
(Source. Central Bank of Bahrain). Manama, Bahrain - 28 January 2013 - The Central Bank of Bahrain welcomed the revised outlook of the Kingdom by Standard & Poor's from negative to stable. Bahrain's credit rating remained at ('BBB/A-2') ... Welcoming the announcement, Mr ... Al Maraj. distributed by ... (noodl. 17348471) ....(size: 2.1Kb)
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28 Jan 2013
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26 Jan 2013
Riot police in Bahrain have used teargas and stun grenades to break up an unauthorised demonstration in the capital, Manama ......(size: 0.8Kb)
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25 Jan 2013
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22 Jan 2013
(Source. Central Bank of Bahrain). Gross premiums increased by approximately 9%; Life insurance soared by 17%. Manama, Bahrain - 22 January 2013 - The Central Bank of Bahrain announced today that the Bahrain insurance market posted a growth during the third quarter of 2012, with gross premiums increased by around 9% over the same period of 2011 to register BD 184.11 million in Bahrain Insurance Market by end of September 2012 ... Al Baker....(size: 5.4Kb)
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| Kingdom of Bahrain
مملكة البحرين
Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn |
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| Anthem: Bahrainona |
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 Location of Bahrain (green)
in the Middle East (grey) — [Legend] |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Manama 26°13′N 50°35′E / 26.217°N 50.583°E / 26.217; 50.583 |
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| Official language(s) | Arabic | |||||
| Demonym | Bahraini | |||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | King | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | ||||
| - | Crown Prince | Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| - | Upper house | Consultative Council | ||||
| - | Lower house | Council of Representatives | ||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | From Persia | 1783 | ||||
| - | Termination of special treaty with the United Kingdom | 15 August 1971 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 765.3 km2 (190th) 295.5 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 0 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2010 estimate | 1,234,571[1] (155th) | ||||
| - | Density | 1,626.6/km2 (7th) 4,212.8/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $31.101 billion[2] (91st) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $27,556[2] (33rd) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $26.108 billion[2] (91st) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $23,132[2] (33rd) | ||||
| HDI (2011) |  0.806[3] (very high) (42nd) |
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| Currency | Bahraini dinar (BHD) |
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| Time zone | AST (UTC+3) | |||||
| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | BH | |||||
| Internet TLD | .bh | |||||
| Calling code | 973 | |||||
Bahrain (
pronunciation) (Arabic: البحرين, al-Baḥrayn) (Persian: بحرين, Baḥrain), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين, Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn), is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,234,571, including 666,172 non-nationals.[1] Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.
Bahrain is an archipelago of 33 islands, the largest being Bahrain Island, at 55 km (34 mi) long by 18 km (11 mi) wide. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway. The peninsula of Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of Bahrain. The planned Qatar Bahrain Causeway will link Bahrain and Qatar and become the world's longest marine causeway.[4]
Known for its oil and pearls, Bahrain is also home to many large structures, including the Bahrain World Trade Center and the Bahrain Financial Harbour, with a proposal in place to build the 1,022 m (3,353 ft) high Murjan Tower. The Qal'at al-Bahrain (the harbour and capital of the ancient land of Dilmun) was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.[5] The Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix takes place at the Bahrain International Circuit.[6]
Since 2011, the government of Bahrain has faced a series of massive demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of civil unrest, also known as the 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising, and has faced widespread criticism for its crackdown on protestors which has resulted in about 95 deaths.
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Etymology[link]
In Arabic, bahrayn is the dual form of bahr ("sea"), so al-Bahrayn means "the Two Seas". However, which two seas were originally intended remains in dispute.[7] The term appears five times in the Qur'an, but does not refer to the modern island — originally known to the Arabs as "Awal" — but rather to the oases of al-Katif and Hadjar (modern al-Hasa).[7] It is unclear when the term began to refer exclusively to the Awal islands, but it was probably after the 15th century.
Today, al-Hasa belongs to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain's "two seas" are instead generally taken to be the bay east and west of the island,[8] the seas north and south of the island,[citation needed] or the salt and fresh water present above and below the ground.[9] In addition to wells, there are places in the sea north of Bahrain where fresh water bubbles up in the middle of the salt water, noted by visitors since antiquity.[10]
An alternate theory offered by al-Ahsa was that the two seas were the Great Green Ocean and a peaceful lake on the mainland;[which?] still another provided by al-Jawahari is that the more formal name Bahri (lit. "belonging to the sea") would have been misunderstood and so was opted against.[9]
History[link]
Main article: History of Bahrain
Pre-Islamic period[link]
Inhabited since ancient times, Bahrain occupies a strategic location in the Persian Gulf. It is the best natural port between the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and Oman, a source of copper in ancient times. Bahrain may have been associated with Dilmun, an important Bronze age trade centre linking Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.[11] It has been ruled by the Assyrians,[citation needed] Babylonians,[citation needed] Persians,[12] and then Arabs, under whom the island became first Christian and then Islamic.
From the 6th to 3rd century BC, Bahrain was added to the Persian Empire by the Achaemenian dynasty. By about 250 BC, the Parthians brought the Persian Gulf under its control and extended its influence as far as Oman. During the classical era, the island was known as Tylos in Europe. In order to control trade routes, the Parthians established garrisons along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.[13] In the 3rd century, Ardashir I, the first ruler of the Sassanid dynasty, marched on Oman and Bahrain, where he defeated Sanatruq the ruler of Bahrain.[14] At this time, Bahrain comprised the southern Sassanid province along with the Persian Gulf's southern shore.[15]
The Sassanid Empire divided their southern province into the three districts of Haggar (now al-Hafuf province in Saudi Arabia), Batan Ardashir (now al-Qatif province in Saudi Arabia) and Mishmahig (which in Middle-Persian/Pahlavi means "ewe-fish").[14] Early Islamic sources describe the country as inhabited by members of the Abdul Qais,[16] Tamim, and Bakr tribes who worshipped the idol Awal, from which the Arabs named the island of Bahrain Awal for many centuries. However, Bahrayn was also a center of Nestorian Christianity, including two of its bishoprics.[14]
Islamic conversion, Iranian dynasties, and Portuguese control[link]
Traditional Islamic accounts state that Al-ʿAlāʾ Al-Haḍrami was sent as an envoy to the Bahrain region by the prophet Muhammad in AD 628 and that Munzir ibn-Sawa al-Tamimi, the local ruler, responded to his mission and converted the entire area.[17]
In 899 AD, the Qarmatians, a millenarian Ismaili Muslim sect seized Bahrain, seeking to create a utopian society based on reason and redistribution of property among initiates. Thereafter, the Qarmatians demanded tribute from the caliph in Baghdad, and in 930 AD sacked Mecca and Medina, bringing the sacred Black Stone back to their base in Ahsa, in medieval Bahrain, for ransom. According to historian Al-Juwayni, the stone was returned 22 years later in 951 under mysterious circumstances. Wrapped in a sack, it was thrown into the Great Mosque of Kufa in Iraq, accompanied by a note saying "By command we took it, and by command we have brought it back." The theft and removal of the Black Stone caused it to break into seven pieces.[14][18][19]
Following a 976 AD defeat by the Abbasids,[20] the Quarmations were overthrown by the Arab Uyunid dynasty of al-Hasa, who took over the entire Bahrain region in 1076.[21] The Uyunids controlled Bahrain until 1235, when the archipelago was briefly occupied by the Iranian ruler of Fars. In 1253, the Bedouin Usfurids brought down the Uyunid dynasty, thereby gaining control over eastern Arabia, including the islands of Bahrain. In 1330, the archipelago became a tributary state of the rulers of Hormuz,[22] though locally the islands were controlled by the Shi'ite Jarwanid dynasty of Qatif.[23]
Until the late Middle Ages, "Bahrain" referred to the larger historical region of Bahrain that included Al-Ahsa, Al-Qatif (both now within the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia) and the Awal Islands (now the Bahrain Islands). The region stretched from Basra in Iraq to the Strait of Hormuz in Oman. This was Iqlīm al-Bahrayn's "Bahrayn Province". The exact date at which the term "Bahrain" began to refer solely to the Awal archipelago is unknown.[24] In the mid-15th century, the archipelago came under the rule of the Jabrids, a Bedouin dynasty also based in Al-Ahsa that ruled most of eastern Arabia.
In 1521, the Portuguese allied with Hormuz and seized Bahrain from the Jabrid ruler Migrin ibn Zamil, who was killed during the takeover. Portuguese rule lasted for around 80 years, during which time they depended mainly on Sunni Persian governors.[25] The Portuguese were expelled from the islands in 1602 by Abbas I of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, who declared Shia Islam the official religion of Bahrain.[26] For the next two centuries, Iranian rulers retained control of the archipelago, interrupted by the 1717 and 1738 invasions of the Ibadhis of Oman.[27][28] During most of this period, they resorted to governing Bahrain indirectly, either through the city of Bushehr or through immigrant Sunni Arab clans. The latter were tribes returning to the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf from Persian territories in the north who were known as Huwala (literally: those that have changed or moved).[25][29][30] In 1753, the Huwala clan of Al Madhkur invaded Bahrain on behalf of the Iranians and restored direct Iranian rule.[31]
Rise of the Bani Utbah[link]
In 1783, Nasr Al-Madhkur, ruler of Bahrain and Bushire, lost the islands of Bahrain following his defeat by the Bani Utbah tribe at the 1782 Battle of Zubarah. Bahrain was not new territory to the Bani Utbah; they had been a presence there since the 17th century.[32] During that time, they started purchasing date palm gardens in Bahrain. A document belonging to Shaikh Salama Bin Saif Al Utbi, one of the shaikhs of the Al Bin Ali tribe (an offshoot of the Bani Utbah), states that Mariam Bint Ahmed Al Sindi, a Shia woman, sold a palm garden on the island of Sitra to Shaikh Salama Bin Saif Al Utbi in the year 1699–1111 Hijri calendar, preceding the arrival of the Al-Khalifa to Bahrain by 81 years.[33]
The Al Bin Ali were the dominant group controlling the town of Zubarah on the Qatar peninsula,[34][35] originally the center of power of the Bani Utbah. After the Bani Utbah gained control of Bahrain, the Al Bin Ali had a practically independent status there as a self-governing tribe. They used a flag with four red and three white stripes, called the Al-Sulami flag[36] in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the Eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was raised on their ships during wartime, in the pearl season and on special occasions such as weddings and during Eid ul-Fitr as well as in the "Ardha of war".[37] The Al Bin Ali were known for their courage, persistence, and abundant wealth.[38]
Later, different Arab family clans and tribes from Qatar moved to Bahrain to settle after the fall of Nasr Al-Madhkur of Bushehr. These families and tribes included the Al Khalifa, Al-Ma'awdah, Al-Fadhil, Al-Mannai, Al-Noaimi, Al-Sulaiti, Al-Sadah, Al-Thawadi, and other families and tribes.
Most of these tribes settled in Muharraq, the capital of Bahrain and center of power at that time since the Al Bin Ali lived there. The oldest and largest neighbourhood in Muharraq city is called Fareej Al Bin Ali (Now divided into 2 neighborhoods: Fareej Karimi and Fareej Shihab).
Al Khalifa ascendancy to Bahrain and their treaties with the British[link]
In 1797, fourteen years later after gaining the power of the Bani Utbah, the Al Khalifa family moved to Bahrain and settled in Jaww, later moving to Riffa. They were originally from Kuwait having left in 1766. Al-Sabah family traditions relates that the ancestors of their tribe and those of the Al-Khalifa tribe came to Kuwait after their expulsion from Umm Qasr upon Khor Zubair by the Turks, an earlier base from which they preyed on the caravans of Basra and pirated ships in the Shatt al-Arab waterway.[39]
In the early 19th century, Bahrain was invaded by both the Omanis and the Al Sauds. In 1802 it was governed by a twelve year old child, when the Omani ruler Sayyid Sultan installed his son, Salim, as Governor in the Arad Fort.[40]
In 1820, the Al Khalifa tribe regained power in Bahrain and entered a treaty relationship with Great Britain, by then the dominant military power in the Persian Gulf. This treaty granted the Al Khalifa the title of Rulers ("Al-Hakim" in Arabic) of Bahrain.
After Egyptian ruler Mohammad Ali Pasha took the Arabian Peninsula from the Wahhabis on behalf of the Ottoman Empire in 1830, Sheikh Abdul Al Khalifa declared allegiance to the Iranian Government to avoid the Egyptians taking control of Bahrain.
In 1860, the Government of Al Khalifa used the same tactic when the British tried to overpower Bahrain. Sheikh Mohammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa wrote a letter to Nasseredin Shah of Iran declaring himself, his brother and all of members of Al Khalifa and the people of Bahrain Iranian subjects. In another letter to the Iranian Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammad demanded that the Government of Iran provide direct guidance and protection from British pressure.
Later on, under pressure from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Sheikh Mohammad requested military assistance from Iran, but the Government of Iran at that time had no ability to protect Bahrain from British aggression. As a result the Government of British India eventually overpowered Bahrain. Colonel Pelly signed an agreement with Sheikh Mohammad in May 1861 and later with his brother Sheikh Ali that placed Bahrain under British rule and protection.
In 1868, following the Qatari–Bahraini War, British representatives signed another agreement with the Al Khalifa rulers, making Bahrain part of the British protectorate territories in the Persian Gulf. This treaty was similar to those entered into by the British Government with the other Persian Gulf principalities. It specified that the ruler could not dispose of any of his territory except to the United Kingdom and could not enter into relationships with any foreign government without British consent. In return the British promised to protect Bahrain from all aggression by sea and to lend support in case of land attack. More importantly the British promised to support the rule of the Al Khalifa in Bahrain, securing its unstable position as rulers of the country. Other agreements in 1880 and 1892 sealed the protectorate status of Bahrain to the British.
According to School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) academic, Nelida Fuccaro:
From this perspective state building under the Al Khalifa shayks should not be considered exclusively as the result of Britain's informal empire in the Persian Gulf. In fact, it was a long process of strategic negotiation with different sections of the local population in order to establish a pre-eminence of their particularly artistic Sunni/Bedouin tradition of family rule.—Nelida Fuccaro, Persians and the space in the city in Bahrain 1869–1937[41]
Unrest amongst the people of Bahrain began when Britain officially established complete dominance over the territory in 1892. The first revolt and widespread uprising took place in March 1895 against Sheikh Issa bin Ali, then Ruler of Bahrain. Sheikh Issa was the first of the Al Khalifa to rule without Iranian relations. Sir Arnold Wilson, Britain's representative in the Persian Gulf and author of The Persian Gulf, arrived in Bahrain from Mascat at this time. The uprising developed further with some protesters killed by British forces.
Peace and trade brought a new prosperity to Bahrain. With the country no longer dependent upon pearling, by the mid-19th century it became the pre-eminent trading centre in the Persian Gulf, overtaking rivals Basra, Kuwait, and finally, in the 1870s, Muscat.[42] At the same time, Bahrain's socio-economic development began to diverge from the rest of the Persian Gulf undergoing transformation from a tribal trading centre to a modern state.[43] This process was spurred by the arrival of large numbers of Persian, Huwala, and Indian merchant families who set up businesses on the island, making it the hub of a web of trade routes across the Persian Gulf, Persia and the Indian sub-continent. A contemporary account of Manama in 1862 found:
Mixed with the indigenous population [of Manamah] are numerous strangers and settlers, some of whom have been established here for many generations back, attracted from other lands by the profits of either commerce or the pearl fishery, and still retaining more or less the physiognomy and garb of their native countries. Thus the gay-coloured dress of the southern Persian, the saffron-stained vest of Oman, the white robe of Nejed, and the striped gown of Bagdad, are often to be seen mingling with the light garments of Bahreyn, its blue and red turban, its white silk-fringed cloth worn Banian fashion round the waist, and its frock-like overall; while a small but unmistakable colony of Indians, merchants by profession, and mainly from Guzerat, Cutch, and their vicinity, keep up here all their peculiarities of costume and manner, and live among the motley crowd, ‘among them, but not of them’.—WG Palgrave, Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862–3)[44]
Palgrave's description of Manama's coffee houses in the mid-19th century portrays them as cosmopolitan venues in contrast to what he describes as the ‘closely knit and bigoted universe of central Arabia’.[44] Palgrave describes a people with an open – even urbane – outlook: "Of religious controversy I have never heard one word. In short, instead of Zelators and fanatics, camel-drivers and Bedouins, we have at Bahrain [Manama] something like 'men of the world, who know the world like men' a great relief to the mind; certainly it was so to mine."[44]
The great trading families that emerged during this period have been compared to the Borgias and Medicis[44] and their great wealth – long before the oil wealth the region would later be renowned for – gave them extensive power, and among the most prominent were the Persian Al Safar family, who held the position of Native Agents of Britain in 19th century.[44] The Al Safar enjoyed an 'exceptionally close'[44] relationship with the Al Khalifa clan from 1869, although the Al-Khalifa never intermarried with them – it has been speculated that this was to limit the Al-Safars' influence on the ruling family or because the Al-Safars were Shia Muslims.
Bahrain's trade with India saw the cultural influence of the subcontinent grow dramatically, with styles of dress, cuisine, and education all showing a marked Indian influence. According to Exeter University's James Onley "In these and countless other ways, eastern Arabia's ports and people were as much a part of the Indian Ocean world as they were a part of the Arab world."[44]
In 1911, a group of Bahraini merchants demanded restrictions on the British influence in the country. The group's leaders were subsequently arrested and exiled to India. In 1923, the British deposed Sheikh Issa bin Ali whom they accused of opposing Britain and set up a permanent representative in Bahrain. This coincided with renewal of Iran's claim over the ownership of Bahrain, a development that Sheikh Issa had been accused of welcoming. The preference shown by the people of Bahrain towards the renewal of Iran ownership's claim also caused concern for Britain. To remedy these problems, in 1926, Britain dispatched Sir Charles Belgrave, one of her most experienced colonial officers, as an advisor to the Ruler of Bahrain. His harsh measures intensified the increasing aversion of people towards him and led to his eventual expulsion from Bahrain in 1957. Belgrave's colonial undertakings were not limited to violent deeds against Bahrainis but also included a series of initiatives that included removal of Iranian influence on Bahrain and the Persian Gulf. In 1937, Belgrave proposed changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the "Gulf of Arabia", a move that did not take place.
In 1927, Rezā Shāh demanded the return of Bahrain in a letter to the League of Nations. Britain believed that weakened domination over Bahrain would cause her to lose control all over the Persian Gulf, and decided to bring uprisings amongst the people of Bahrain under control at any cost. To achieve this they encouraged conflicts between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Bahrain[citation needed].
Bahrain underwent a period of major social reform between 1926 and 1957, under the de facto rule of Charles Belgrave, the British advisor to Shaikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872–1942). The country's first modern school, the Al-Hiddaya Boys School, was established in 1919, whilst the Arab Persian Gulf's first girls' school opened in 1928. The American Mission Hospital, established by the Dutch Reformed Church, began work in 1903. Other reforms included the abolition of slavery. At the same time, the pearl diving industry developed at a rapid pace.
These reforms were often vigorously opposed by powerful groups within Bahrain including sections within the ruling family, tribal forces, the religious authorities and merchants. In order to counter conservatives, the British removed the Ruler, Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa in 1923 and replaced him with his son. Some Sunni tribes such as the al Dossari left Bahrain to mainland Arabia, whilst clerical opponents of social reforms were exiled to Saudi Arabia and Iran. The heads of some merchant and notable families were likewise exiled[citation needed]. Britain's interest in Bahrain's development was motivated by concerns over the ambitions of the Saudi-Wahabi and the Iranians.
Discovery of petroleum[link]
The discovery of oil in 1932 by Bahrain Petroleum Company[45] brought rapid modernisation to Bahrain. Relations with the United Kingdom became closer, as evidenced by the British Royal Navy moving its entire Middle Eastern command from Bushehr in Iran to Bahrain in 1935.[46] British influence continued to grow as the country developed, culminating with the appointment of Charles Belgrave as advisor.[44] He went on to establish a modern education system in Bahrain.[44] After World War II, increasing anti-British sentiment spread throughout the Arab World and led to riots in Bahrain. The riots focused on the Jewish community, which included distinguished writers, singers, accountants, engineers and middle managers working for the oil company, textile merchants with business all over the peninsula, and free professionals.
In 1948, following rising hostilities and looting,[47] most members of Bahrain's Jewish community abandoned their properties and evacuated to Bombay, later settling in Israel (Pardes Hanna-Karkur) and the United Kingdom. As of 2008, 37 Jews remained in the country.[47] The issue of compensation was never settled. In 1960, the United Kingdom put forward Bahrain's future for international arbitration and requested that the United Nations Secretary-General take on this responsibility.
Drop of Iranian claim[link]
Iran's parliament passed a bill in November 1957 declaring Bahrain to be the 14th province of Iran,[48] with two empty seats allocated for its representatives. This action caused numerous problems for Iran in its international relations, especially with some United Nations bodies, Britain, Saudi Arabia, and a number of Arab countries.[citation needed]
At this time, Britain set out to change the demographics of Bahrain. The policy of “deiranisation” consisted of importing a large number of different Arabs and others from British colonies as labourers.[49]
Demonstrations in 1956 forced the Al Khalifa rulers to leave Manama (the capital) for West Riffa where only Sunni Arabs serving as their bodyguards were allowed to live.[citation needed]
In 1965 Britain began dialogue with Iran to determine their borders in the Persian Gulf. Before long extensive differences over borders and territory came to light, including the dispute over the dominion of Bahrain. The two were not able to determine the maritime borders between the northern and southern countries of the Persian Gulf. At the same time King Faisal of Saudi Arabia arrived in Iran on a visit which included the creation of Islamic Conference and the decision to determine the maritime borders of the two countries. In return, the Shah of Iran agreed to visit Saudi Arabia in 1967. A week before this visit, the Saudis received Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the that time Ruler of Bahrain as a head of state in the Saudi capital Riyadh. As a result the Shah's visit was cancelled, seriously damaging relations between the two countries. Following mediation by King Hassan II of Morocco, the relationship was repaired.[citation needed]
Eventually Iran and Britain agreed to put the matter of Dominion of Bahrain to international judgment and requested the United Nations General Secretary take on this responsibility.[citation needed]
Iran pressed hard for a referendum in Bahrain in the face of strong opposition from both the British and the Bahraini leaders.[49] Their opposition was based on Al Khalifa's view that such a move would negate 150 years of their clan's rule in the country. In the end, as an alternative to the referendum, Iran and Britain agreed to request the United Nations conduct an opinion poll in Bahrain that would determine the political future of the territory. In reply to letters from the British and Iranians, U Thant, then Secretary General of the United Nations, declared that an opinion poll would take place on 30 March 1970. Vittorio Winspeare-Giucciardi, Manager of the United Nations office in Geneva was put in charge of the project. Report no. 9772 was submitted to the UN General Secretary and on 11 May 1970, the United Nations Security Council endorsed Winspeare's conclusion that an overwhelming majority of the people wished recognition of Bahrain's identity as a fully independent and sovereign state free to decide its own relations with other states.[50] Both Britain and Iran accepted the report and brought their dispute to a close.[citation needed]
The oil boom of the 1970s benefited Bahrain greatly, although the subsequent downturn hurt the economy. The country had already begun diversification of its economy and benefited further from the 1970s Lebanese Civil War, when Bahrain replaced Beirut as the Middle East's financial hub after Lebanon's large banking sector was driven out of the country by the war.[51] Following the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, in 1981 Bahraini Shī'a fundamentalists orchestrated a failed coup attempt under the auspices of a front organisation, the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain. The coup would have installed a Shī'a cleric exiled in Iran, Hujjatu l-Islām Hādī al-Mudarrisī, as supreme leader heading a theocratic government.[52] In 1994, a wave of rioting by disaffected Shīa Islamists was sparked by women's participation in a sporting event.[citation needed]
During the mid-1990s, Bahrain was badly affected by sporadic violence between the government and the cleric-led opposition in which over forty people were killed.[53] In March 1999, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah succeeded his father as Emir (head of state) and instituted elections for parliament, gave women the right to vote, and released all political prisoners. These moves were described by Amnesty International as representing an "historic period of human rights".[54] As part of the adoption of the National Action Charter on 14 February 2002, Bahrain changed its formal name from the State (dawla) of Bahrain to the Kingdom of Bahrain.[55]
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Politics[link]
Main article: Politics of Bahrain
See also: Bahraini parliamentary election, 2006 and Human rights in Bahrain
Bahrain is a Constitutional monarchy headed by the King, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; the head of government is the Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalīfa bin Salman al Khalifa, who is the uncle of the current king. Bahrain has a bicameral National Assembly (al-Jamiyh al-Watani) consisting of the Shura Council (Majlis Al-Shura) with 40 seats and the Council of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nuwab) with 40 seats. The 40 members of the Shura are appointed by the king. In the Council of Representatives, 40 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.[56]
The first round of voting in the 2006 parliamentary election took place on 25 November 2006, and in the second round Islamists hailed a huge election victory.[57]
The opening up of politics has seen big gains for both Shīa and Sunnī Islamists in elections, which have given them a parliamentary platform to pursue their policies[citation needed]. This has meant parties launching campaigns to impose bans on female mannequins displaying lingerie in shop windows,[58] and the hanging of underwear on washing lines.[59]
Analysts of democratisation in the Middle East cite the Islamists' references to respect for human rights in their justification for these programmes as evidence that these groups can serve as a progressive force in the region[citation needed]. Islamist parties have been particularly critical of the government's readiness to sign international treaties such as the United Nation's International Convention on Civil and Political Rights.[60] At a parliamentary session in June 2006 to discuss ratification of the Convention, Sheikh Adel Mouwda, the former leader of salafist party, Asalah, explained the party's objections: "The convention has been tailored by our enemies, God kill them all, to serve their needs and protect their interests rather than ours. This why we have eyes from the American Embassy watching us during our sessions, to ensure things are swinging their way".[61]
Both Sunnī and Shī'a Islamists suffered a setback in March 2006 when 20 municipal councillors, most of whom represented religious parties, went missing in Bangkok on an unscheduled stopover when returning from a conference in Malaysia.[62] After the missing councillors eventually arrived in Bahrain they defended their stay at the Radisson Hotel in Bangkok, telling journalists it was a "fact-finding mission", and explaining: "We benefited a lot from the trip to Thailand because we saw how they managed their transport, landscaping and roads".[63] Bahraini liberals have responded to the growing power of religious parties by organising themselves to campaign through civil society in order to defend basic personal freedoms from being legislated away[citation needed]. In November 2005, al Muntada, a grouping of liberal academics, launched "We Have A Right", a campaign to explain to the public why personal freedoms matter and why they need to be defended[citation needed].
Women's rights[link]
Main article: Women's political rights in Bahrain
Women's political rights in Bahrain saw an important step forward when women were granted the right to vote and stand in national elections for the first time in the 2002 election.[64] However, no women were elected to office in that year's polls. Instead, Shī'a and Sunnī Islamists dominated the election, collectively winning a majority of seats[citation needed]. In response to the failure of women candidates, six were appointed to the Shura Council, which also includes representatives of the Kingdom's indigenous Jewish and Christian communities[citation needed]. Dr. Nada Haffadh became the country's first female cabinet minister on her appointment as Minister of Health in 2004. The quasi-governmental women's group, the Supreme Council for Women, trained female candidates to take part in the 2006 general election. When Bahrain was elected to head the United Nations General Assembly in 2006 it appointed lawyer and women's rights activist Haya bint Rashid Al Khalifa President of the United Nations General Assembly, only the third woman in history to head the world body.[65] The King recently[when?] created the Supreme Judicial Council[66] to regulate the country's courts and institutionalise the separation of the administrative and judicial branches of government;[67] the leader of this court is Mohammed Humaidan.
On 11–12 November 2005, Bahrain hosted the Forum for the Future, bringing together leaders from the Middle East and G8 countries to discuss political and economic reform in the region.[68] The near total dominance of religious parties in elections has given a new prominence to clerics within the political system, with the most senior Shia religious leader, Sheikh Isa Qassim, playing an extremely important role. According to one academic paper, "In fact, it seems that few decisions can be arrived at in Al Wefaq – and in the whole country, for that matter – without prior consultation with Isa Qassim, ranging from questions with regard to the planned codification of the personal status law to participation in elections".[69] In 2007, Al Wefaq-backed parliamentary investigations were credited with forcing the government to remove ministers who had frequently clashed with MPs: the Minister of Health, Dr. Nada Haffadh and the Minister of Information, Dr Mohammed Abdul Gaffar.[70]
1990s uprising in Bahrain[link]
Main article: 1990s uprising in Bahrain
The "1990s Uprising in Bahrain" or "1990s Intifada" was a rebellion in Bahrain between 1994 and 2000 in which leftists, liberals and Islamists joined forces. The event resulted in approximately forty deaths and ended after Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa became the Emir of Bahrain in 1999.[71] A referendum on 14–15 February 2001 massively supported the National Action Charter.[72]
2011–2012 Bahraini uprising[link]
Main article: 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising
The protests in Bahrain were initially aimed at achieving greater political freedom and respect for human rights, and were not intended to threaten the monarchy; nor were they as large as those in other countries.[73] Lingering frustration among the Shiite majority with being ruled by the Sunni government was a major root cause, but the protests in Tunisia and Egypt are cited as the inspiration for the demonstrations.[74] The protests began in Bahrain on 14 February[73] and were largely peaceful, until a raid by police on the night of 17 February against protesters sleeping at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, in which police killed four protesters.[75][76] Following the deadly raid, some of the protesters began to expand their aims to a call for the end of the monarchy, which has ruled Bahrain since the late 18th century.[77] On 18 February, government forces opened fire on protesters, mourners, and news journalists,[78] prompting protesters to begin calling for the overthrow of the Bahraini monarchy and government.[79] On 19 February, protesters occupied Pearl Roundabout after the government ordered troops and police to withdraw.[80][81][82] On 22 February, an estimated one hundred thousand people, one fifth of all Bahrainis, marched. On 14 March, at the request of the Crown Prince, GCC Saudi Arabian troops entered the country,[83] and opened fire on the protesters, several of whom were killed.[84][85] Later thousands of Shia protesters arose in Iraq and Qatif in opposition to the Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain.[86][87][88]
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa declared a three-month state of emergency on 15 March and asked the military to reassert its control as clashes spread across the country.[89] It was later lifted on 1 June 2011.[90] On 16 March 2011, the protesters' camp in the Pearl Roundabout was evacuated, bulldozed, and set on fire by the Bahraini Defense Force and riot police.[91] Later on 18 March, the Pearl Roundabout monument was torn down as part of the crackdown on protesters.[92] Human rights organizations reported that, in the 8 months following the outbreak of protests on 14 February, more than 1,600 peaceful political protesters, medical professionals, journalists, human rights defenders and innocent bystanders had been arrested, and more than 100 people convicted by a special military court established by the government.[93]
Since the lifting of emergency law on 1 June, several large rallies have been staged by the Shi'ite community demanding the release of detained protesters, greater political representation, and an end to sectarian discrimination. In July 2011, medical personnel were tried by special military courts for treating injured protesters and sentenced to multi-year prison sentences.[94] Several human rights groups and news organizations have alleged they have been deliberately targeted by the Bahraini government.[95]
On 23 November 2011, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry released its report on human rights violations during the February and March 2011 protests, finding that the government "systematically" tortured prisoners, summarily fired Shi'ite employees and university students, and committed other gross human rights violations.[96] One of the report's recommendations was to allow human rights groups into the country to monitor the situation. Between 23 November and the end of January, however, the Bahraini government refused entry to several international human rights groups including Freedom House,[97][98] Human Rights First [99] and Physicians for Human Rights.[100]
On 9 March 2012, hundreds of thousands protested in one of the biggest anti-govemrent rallies to date. According to CNN, the march "filled a four-lane highway between Duraz and Muksha".[101] The government said 100,000 had participated in the march, whilst opposition activists estimated the number to be more than 200,000. The march was called for by Sheikh Isa Qassim, Bahrain's top Shia cleric. Protesters called for downfall of King and the release of imprisoned political leaders. The protest ended peacefully, however hundreds of youth tried to march back to the site of the now demolished symbolic Pearl roundabout, and were dispersed by security forces with tear gas.[102] Nabeel Rajab, president of BCHR called the march "the biggest in our history".[103]
A possible loose union with Saudi Arabia, and eventually other members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, was raised in light of the Arab Spring protests.[104][105][106]
Governorates[link]
- For further information, see Decree-Law establishing governoratesPDF (732 KB) from the Bahrain official website.
Bahrain is split into five governorates. These governorates are:
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Economy[link]
Main article: Economy of Bahrain
According to a January 2006 report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Bahrain has the fastest growing economy in the Arab world.[107] Bahrain also has the freest economy in the Middle East and is twelfth freest overall in the world based on the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom published by the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal, .[108]
In 2008, Bahrain was named the world's fastest growing financial center by the City of London's Global Financial Centres Index.[107][107] Bahrain's banking and financial services sector, particularly Islamic banking, have benefited from the regional boom driven by demand for oil.[107] In Bahrain, petroleum production and processing account for about 60% of export receipts, 60% of government revenues, and 30% of GDP.
Economic conditions have fluctuated with the changing price of oil since 1985, for example during and following the Persian Gulf crisis of 1990–91. With its highly developed communication and transport facilities, Bahrain is home to a number of multinational firms and construction proceeds on several major industrial projects. A large share of exports consist of petroleum products made from imported crude oil. In 2004, Bahrain signed the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, which will reduce certain trade barriers between the two nations.[109]
Unemployment, especially among the young, and the depletion of both oil and underground water resources are major long-term economic problems. In 2008, the jobless figure was at 4%,[110] with women over represented at 85% of the total.[111] In 2007 Bahrain became the first Arab country to institute unemployment benefits as part of a series of labour reforms instigated under Minister of Labour, Dr. Majeed Al Alawi.[112]
Geography[link]
Main article: Geography of Bahrain
Bahrain is a generally flat and arid archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia. It consists of a low desert plain rising gently to a low central escarpment with the highest point the 134 m (440 ft) Mountain of Smoke (Jabal ad Dukhan). Bahrain has a total area of 665 km2 (257 sq mi), which is slightly larger than the Isle of Man, though it is smaller than the nearby King Fahd International Airport near Dammam, Saudi Arabia (780 km2 (301 sq mi)).
As an archipelago of thirty-three islands, Bahrain does not share a land boundary with another country but does have a 161 km (100 mi) coastline. The country also claims a further 22 km (12 nmi) of territorial sea and a 44 km (24 nmi) contiguous zone. Bahrain's largest islands are Bahrain Island, Muharraq Island, Umm an Nasan, and Sitrah. Bahrain has mild winters and very hot, humid summers. The country's natural resources include large quantities of oil and natural gas as well as fish in the offshore waters. Arable land constitutes only 2.82%[113] of the total area.
92% of Bahrain is desert with periodic droughts and dust storms the main natural hazards for Bahrainis. Environmental issues facing Bahrain include desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, distribution stations, and illegal land reclamation at places such as Tubli Bay. The agricultural and domestic sectors' over-utilization of the Dammam Aquifer, the principal aquifer in Bahrain, has led to its salinisation by adjacent brackish and saline water bodies.[citation needed]
Climate[link]
Main articles: Geography of Bahrain and Climate of Bahrain
The Zagros Mountains across the Persian Gulf in Iraq cause low level winds to be directed toward Bahrain. Dust storms from Iraq and Saudi Arabia transported by northwesterly winds cause reduced visibility in the months of June and July.
Due to the Persian Gulf area's low moisture, summers are very hot and dry. The seas around Bahrain are very shallow, heating up quickly in the summer to produce high humidity, especially at night. Summer temperatures may reach more than 40 °C (104 °F) under the right conditions. Rainfall in Bahrain is minimal and irregular. Rainfalls mostly occur in winter, with a recorded maximum of 71.8 mm (2.83 in).[114]
| Climate data for Manama | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
36.4 (97.5) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.5 (97.7) |
33.1 (91.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.575) |
16.0 (0.63) |
13.9 (0.547) |
10.0 (0.394) |
1.1 (0.043) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.5 (0.02) |
3.8 (0.15) |
10.9 (0.429) |
70.8 (2.787) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 9.9 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organisation (UN) [115] | |||||||||||||
Demographics[link]
Main article: Demographics of Bahrain
| Religion in Bahrain 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | ||||
| Islam |
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70.2% | ||
| Other |
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29.8% | ||
In 2010, Bahrain's population grew to 1.2 million, of which 568,399 were Bahraini and 666,172 were non-nationals.[1] It had risen from 1.05 million (517,368 non-nationals) in 2007, the year when Bahrain's population crossed the one million mark.[116] Though a majority of the population is ethnically Arab, a sizeable number of people from South Asia live in the country. In 2008, approximately 290,000 Indian nationals lived in Bahrain, making them the single largest expatriate community in the country.[117][118]
Bahrain is the fourth most densely populated sovereign state in the world with a population density of 1,646 people per km2 in 2010.[119] The only sovereign states with larger population densities are city states. Much of this population is concentrated in the north of the country with the Southern Governorate being the least densely populated part.[1] The north of the country is so urbanized that it is considered by some to be one large metropolitan area.[120]
The official religion of Bahrain is Islam and 99.8% of Bahraini citizens are Muslim. There are no official figures for the proportion of Shia and Sunni among the Muslims of Bahrain, but approximately 66-70% percent of Bahraini Muslims are Shias. [121][122][123][124] Due to an influx of immigrants and guest workers from non-Muslim countries, such as India, Philippines and Sri Lanka,[125] the overall percentage of Muslims in the country has declined in recent years. According to the 2001 census, 81.2% of Bahrain's population was Muslim, 9% were Christian, and 9.8% practised Hinduism or other religions.[113] The 2010 census records that the Muslim proportion had fallen to 70.2% (the 2010 census did not differentiate between the non-Muslim religions). [126]
Culture[link]
Main articles: Culture of Bahrain and Music of Bahrain
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Bahrain is sometimes described as "Middle East lite"[127] due to its combination of modern infrastructure with a Persian Gulf identity. While Islam is the main religion, Bahrainis are known for their tolerance towards the practice of other faiths.[citation needed]
It is too early to say whether political liberalisation under King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has augmented or undermined Bahrain's traditional pluralism.[original research?] The new political space for Shia and Sunni Islamists has meant that they are now more able to pursue programs that often seek to directly confront this pluralism.[original research?] At the same time, political reforms have encouraged an opposite trend whereby society becomes more self-critical and shows a greater willingness to examine previous social taboos.[citation needed]
In common with the rest of the Muslim world, though Bahrain has take strong strides for women's rights, it does not recognise lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights.[citation needed]
Another facet of the new openness is Bahrain's status as the most prolific book publisher in the Arab world, with 132 books published in 2005 for a population of 700,000. In comparison, the 2005 average for the entire Arab world was seven books published per one million people, according to the United Nations Development Programme.[128] Ali Bahar is the most famous singer in Bahrain. He performs his music with his Band Al-Ekhwa (The Brothers).
Language[link]
Arabic is the official language of Bahrain, though English is widely used. Bahrani Arabic is the most widely spoken dialect of the Arabic language.
Formula One and other motorsports events[link]
Bahrain has a Formula One race-track, which hosted the inaugural Gulf Air Grand Prix on 4 April 2004, the first in an Arab country. This was followed by the Bahrain Grand Prix in 2005. Bahrain hosted the opening Grand Prix of the 2006 season on 12 March of that year. Both the above races were won by Fernando Alonso of Renault. The 2007 event took place on 13, 14 April and 15.[129]
In 2006, Bahrain also hosted its inaugural Australian V8 Supercar event dubbed the "Desert 400". The V8s will return every November to the Sakhir circuit. The Bahrain International Circuit also features a full length drag strip where the Bahrain Drag Racing Club has organised invitational events featuring some of Europe's top drag racing teams[citation needed] to try to raise the profile of the sport in the Middle East.
Holidays[link]
On 1 September 2006, Bahrain changed its weekend from being Thursdays and Fridays to Fridays and Saturdays, in order to have a day of the weekend shared with the rest of the world. Other non-regular holidays are listed below:
| Date | English name | Local (Arabic) name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | New Year's Day | رأس السنة الميلادية | The Gregorian New Year's Day, celebrated by most parts of the world. |
| 1 May | Labour Day | يوم العمال | |
| 16 December | National Day | اليوم الوطني | National Day, Accession Day for the late Amir Sh. Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa |
| 17 December | Accession Day | يوم الجلوس | |
| 1st Muharram | Islamic New Year | رأس السنة الهجرية | Islamic New Year (also known as: Hijri New Year). |
| 9th, 10th Muharram | Day of Ashura | عاشوراء | Commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. |
| 12th Rabiul Awwal | Prophet Muhammad's birthday | المولد النبوي | Commemorates Prophet Muhammad's birthday, celebrated in most parts of the Muslim world. |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd Shawwal | Little Feast | عيد الفطر | Commemorates end of Ramadan. |
| 9th Zulhijjah | Arafat Day | يوم عرفة | |
| 10th, 11th, 12th Zulhijjah | Feast of the Sacrifice | عيد الأضحى | Commemorates Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son. Also known as the Big Feast (celebrated from the 10th to 13th). |
Military[link]
Main article: Military of Bahrain
See also: Bahrain Royal Medical Services, Royal Bahraini Army, Royal Bahraini Air Force, and Royal Bahrain Naval Force
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The kingdom has a small but well equipped military called the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). The BDF is primarily equipped with United States equipment, such as the F16 Fighting Falcon, F5 Freedom Fighter, UH60 Blackhawk, M60A3 tanks, and the ex-USS Jack Williams, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate renamed the RBNS Sabha. The Government of Bahrain has a cooperative agreement with the United States Military and has provided the United States a base in Juffair since the early 1990s. This is the home of the headquarters for Commander, United States Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT) / United States Fifth Fleet (COMFIFTHFLT), and about 1500 United States and coalition military personnel.[130]
Education[link]
Main article: Education in Bahrain
See also: List of universities in Bahrain
At the beginning of the 20th century, Qur'anic schools (Kuttab) were the only form of education in Bahrain. They were traditional schools aimed at teaching children and youth the reading of the Qur'an. After World War I, Bahrain became open to western influences, and a demand for modern educational institutions appeared. 1919 marked the beginning of modern public school system in Bahrain when the Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifia School for boys opened in Muharraq. In 1926, the Education Committee opened the second public school for boys in Manama, and in 1928 the first public school for girls was opened in Muharraq.
In 2004, King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa introduced the "King Hamad Schools of Future project that uses Information Communication Technology to support K–12 education in Bahrain. The project's objective is to connect all schools within the kingdom with the Internet. In addition to British intermediate schools, the island is served by the Bahrain School (BS). The BS is a United States Department of Defense school that provides a K-12 curriculum including International Baccalaureate offerings. There are also private schools that offer either the IB Diploma Programme or United Kingdom A-Levels.
In 2007, St. Christopher's School Bahrain became the first school in Bahrain to offer a choice of International Baccalaureate or A-Levels for students. Numerous international educational institutions and schools have established links to Bahrain. A few prominent institutions are DePaul University, Bentley University, the Ernst & Young Training Institute, NYIT and the Birla Institute of Technology International Centre Schooling is paid for by the government. Primary and secondary school attendance is high[citation needed] even though it is not compulsory.
Bahrain also encourages institutions of higher learning, drawing on expatriate talent and the increasing pool of Bahrain Nationals returning from abroad with advanced degrees. The University of Bahrain was established for standard undergraduate and graduate study, and the King Abdulaziz University College of Health Sciences, operating under the direction of the Ministry of Health, trains physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and paramedics. The 2001 National Action Charter paved the way for the formation of private universities such as the Ahlia University in Manama and University College of Bahrain in Saar. The Royal University for Women (RUW), established in 2005, was the first private, purpose-built, international University in Bahrain dedicated solely to educating women. The University of London External has appointed MCG[clarification needed "What is MCG"] as the regional representative office in Bahrain for distance learning programs. MCG is one of the oldest private institutes in the country. Institutes have also opened which educate Asian students, such as the Pakistan Urdu School, Bahrain and the Indian School, Bahrain.
Tourism[link]
Main article: Tourism in Bahrain
As a tourist destination, Bahrain receives over eight million visitors per annum[citation needed]. Most of these are from the surrounding Arab states although an increasing number hail from outside the region due to growing awareness of the kingdom's heritage and its higher profile as a result of the Bahrain International F1 Circuit. The Lonely Planet Guide describes Bahrain as "an excellent introduction to the Persian Gulf",[131] because of its authentic Arab heritage and reputation as a liberal and modern country. The kingdom is also home to the popular tourist attraction, the Bahrain City Center.
The kingdom combines modern Arab culture and the archaeological legacy of five thousand years of civilisation. The island is home to castles including Qalat Al Bahrain which has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The Bahrain National Museum has artefacts from the country's history dating back to the island's first human inhabitants some 9000 years ago.
See also[link]
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Book: Bahrain |
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- Outline of Bahrain
- Index of Bahrain-related articles
- Bahrain World Trade Center
- Manama
- Utub
- List of towns and villages of Bahrain
- List of tallest buildings and structures in Bahrain
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The Central Business District (CBD) of Manama, Bahrain, is the most vital part of the capital. Many of the city's hotels, office buildings, shops and restaurants[1] are located in the CBD. It lies along the northern coast of Manama.
The CBD is considered one of the best shopping areas in the city; it has the Manama Souq (market, in Arabic), located near the Bab Al Bahrain (the Gateway of Bahrain). The old souq with its old world charm has a wide variety of goods, anything from spices, condiments, textiles, electronics to a dazzling array of jewelry.
In addition, the Bahrain World Trade Centre and the Bahrain Financial Harbour; this has Bahrain's tallest towers, and many of the country's largest banks and companies are also situated in the CBD.
Moda Mall is a high-end shopping complex in the ground floor of Bahrain World Trade Centre.[2] [3]. The Mall is home to some 160 designer stores, including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Gucci, Hermés, Kenzo, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Emporio Armani, Furla, Roberto Cavalli, Vertu, Ermenegildo Zenga, Agent Provocateur, Versace, Bottega Veneta, Escada, Max Mara, Loewe, Mathew Williamson, Valentino, Viktor & Rolf, amongst others. The mall will also house some of the finest jewellery stores such as De Beers, Tiffany & Co., Boucheron, Chopard, Chanel Jewellery, Van Cleef & Arpels and Folli Follie among others.
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- Central business district
- List of tourist attractions in Bahrain
- Culture of Bahrain
- Manama
- List of tallest structures in Bahrain
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This article is about the capital of Bahrain. For the city in Ajman, see Manama, Ajman.
| Manama المنامة al-Manāma |
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| Coordinates: 26°13′N 50°35′E / 26.217°N 50.583°E / 26.217; 50.583Coordinates: 26°13′N 50°35′E / 26.217°N 50.583°E / 26.217; 50.583 | |
| Country | Bahrain |
| Governorate | Capital |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Humood bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 157,474 |
| • Density | 5,304/km2 (13,740/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 329,510 |
| Website | http://www.capital.gov.bh |
Manama (Arabic: المنامة Al Manāma) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 155,000 people. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population. After periods of Portuguese and Persian control and invasions from the Al Sauds and Oman, Bahrain established itself as an independent nation during the 19th century period of British hegemony. In the 20th century, Bahrain's oil wealth helped spur fast growth and in the 1990s a concerted diversification effort led to expansion in other industries and helped transform Manama into an important financial hub in the Middle East.
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History[link]
Main article: History of Bahrain
Manama was mentioned in Islamic chronicles at least as far back as 1345. It was conquered by Portugal in 1521 and then by the Persians in 1602.[1] Since 1783 it has been under the control of the Al-Khalifa dynasty. Manama was declared a free port in 1958, and in 1971 it became the capital of independent Bahrain.[2]
The north of Bahrain’s main island, which is dominated by Manama today, has seen human activity for roughly 5,000 years, as is indicated from the remains around Bahrain Fort. Early inhabitants are often associated with the historical Dilmun Civilisation though the historical records of Dilmun are scanty. The islanders were soon, however, disturbed by a series of invaders, beginning with the Assyrians during the BC period and ending with the Arabs. During these many centuries Bahrain was a trading post whose importance fluctuated depending on which empire dominated. Manama and its inhabitants were first introduced to Islam during the 7th century and by the 9th century began to lean to a more conservative almost socialist belief system that caused considerable friction with the surrounding Muslim lands. The Qarmatians, as this group was known, ransacked Mecca in 930 during the sacred Hajj, killing hundreds before escaping with the much revered Black Stone. A feud with the Baghdad-based Abbasids less than 50 years later saw the Qarmatians leave the town.
The next major foreign intervention in Bahrain came at the beginning of the 16th century when the Portuguese naval fleets arrived, quickly crushing the small local population in Manama and the surrounding areas. Bahrain Fort was built during this era, probably to keep out the Persians who nevertheless managed a series of invasions as the whole island alternated between the Portuguese, Persians, and Omanis for the following two centuries. Once the Persians eventually forced the other two out, it was not long before the Al Khalifa family appeared from nearby Qatar, to take control of the whole of the island at the end of the 18th century. The new rulers, whose dynasty continues to this day, sought protection against the Persians from the British Empire, which by that time had established its hegemony in much of the Middle East, and Manama entered a period of colonial influence. Colonial interest only increased when petroleum was discovered 30 km (19 mi) south of Manama in the centre of the island and first extracted in 1931. After World War II, Bahrain moved slowly towards independence and eventually in 1971 the British pulled out leaving Manama in charge of its own affairs. This was the beginning of a period that has seen it grow and flourish primarily due to the considerable wealth accumulated through oil production and processing.
Geography[link]
Historically, Manama has been restricted to what is now known as the Manama Souq and the Manama Fort (now the Ministry of Interior) to its south. However the city has now grown to include a number of newer suburban developments as well as older neighboring villages that have been engulfed by the growth of the city. The neighborhoods of Manama today include:
Law and government[link]
See also: Flag of Bahrain, Governorates of Bahrain, Demographics of Bahrain, and Politics of Bahrain
Manama is part of the Capital Governorate, one of five Governorates of Bahrain. Until 2002 it was part of the municipality of Al-Manamah. Councils exist within the governorates; eight constituencies are voted upon within Capital Governorate in 2006.[3]
Economy[link]
Main article: Economy of Bahrain
Manama is the focal point of the Bahraini economy. While petroleum has decreased in importance in recent years due to depleting reserves and growth in other industries, it is still the mainstay of the economy. Heavy industry (e.g. aluminium smelting, ship repair), banking and finance, and tourism are among the industries which have experienced recent growth. Several multinationals have facilities and offices in and around Manama.[4] The primary industry in Manama itself is financial services, with over two hundred financial institutions and banks based in the CBD and the Diplomatic Area. Manama is a financial hub for the Persian Gulf region and a center of Islamic banking. There is also a large retail sector in the shopping malls around Seef, while the center of Manama is dominated by small workshops and traders.
Transport[link]
Main article: Transport in Bahrain
Road network[link]
Manama is the main hub of the country's road network. At the moment the city's road network is undergoing substantial development to ameliorate the situation of traffic in the city. Due to the fact that it is the capital and the main city in the country, where most of the government and the commercial offices and facilities are established, along with the entertainment centers, and the country's fast growth, vehicle population is increasing rapidly.
The outline of the present road network was developed in the early 1930s, soon after the discovery of oil. The four main islands and all the towns and villages are linked by well-constructed roads. There were 3,164 km (1,966 mi) of roadways in 2002, of which 2,433 km (1,512 mi) were paved. A causeway stretching over 2.8 km (2 mi), connect Manama with Muharraq Island, and another bridge joins Sitra to the main island. A four-lane highway atop a 24 km (15 mi) causeway, linking Bahrain with the Saudi Arabian mainland via the island of Umm an-Nasan was completed in December, 1986, and financed by Saudi Arabia. In 2000, there were 172,684 passenger vehicles and 41,820 commercial vehicles.
Bahrain's port of Mina Sulman can accommodate 16 oceangoing vessels drawing up to 11 m (36 ft). In 2001, Bahrain had a merchant fleet of eight ships of 1,000 GRT or over, totaling 270,784 GRT. Private vehicles and taxis are the primary means of transportation in the city.
Buses[link]
Manama has a comprehensive bus service which is far more economical than other modes of transport with fares around 150 to 200 Fils (around $.50(US); £.30) allows you to travel by bus. Some bus routes link to other towns such as Muharraq and Isa Town.
Air traffic[link]
Bahrain International Airport is located on Muharraq Island, approximately 7 km (4 mi) from the CBD. It is a premier hub airport in the Middle East. Strategically located in the Northern Persian Gulf between the major markets of Saudi Arabia and Iran, the airport has one of the widest range and highest frequency of regional services with connections to major international destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America.
Education[link]
Main article: Education in Bahrain
See also: List of schools in Bahrain
Manama has a wide range of universities, colleges and schools.
- Ahlia University
- Applied Science University
- Arab Open University
- Arabian Gulf University
- Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance
- King Abdulaziz University College of Health Sciences
- Delmon University
- New York Institute of Technology
- RCSI-Bahrain
- Bahrain School
Geography[link]
Main article: Geography of Bahrain
The city is located in the north-eastern corner of Bahrain on a small peninsula. As in the rest of Bahrain, the land is generally flat (or gently rolling) and arid.
2. The twin towers of the Bahrain Financial Harbor (BFH).
3. The NBB tower (short building next to BFH).
4. The Almoayyed Tower (tallest in the photo, center of image).
5. The Abraj Al Lulu residential project (three towers) under-construction on the far-right).
Climate[link]
Main article: Climate of Bahrain
Manama has an arid climate. In common with the rest of Bahrain, Manama experiences extreme climatic conditions, with summer temperatures up to 48 °C (118 °F), and winter as low as 7 °C (45 °F) with even hail at rare occasions. Average temperatures of the summer and winter seasons are generally from 17 °C (63 °F) to about 45 °C (113 °F). The most pleasant time in Bahrain is autumn when sunshine is comparatively low, coupled with warm temperatures tempered by soft breezes.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
36.4 (97.5) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.5 (97.7) |
33.1 (91.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
29.68 (85.43) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.38 (72.28) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.575) |
16.0 (0.63) |
13.9 (0.547) |
10.0 (0.394) |
1.1 (0.043) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.5 (0.02) |
3.8 (0.15) |
10.9 (0.429) |
70.8 (2.787) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 9.9 |
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Culture[link]
Main article: Culture of Bahrain
The country attracts a large number of foreigners and foreign influences, with just under one third of the population hailing from abroad.[6] Alcohol is legal in the country, with bars and nightclubs operating in the city, however the government is proposing a ban for Muslims.[citation needed] Bahrain does recognise women's rights thanks to the queen of Bahrain, although it does not recognize[clarification needed] LGBT rights. Football is the most popular sport in Manama (and the rest of the country), with 3 teams from Manama participating in the Bahraini Premier League.
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- List of islands of Bahrain
- List of tallest structures in Bahrain
- List of tourist attractions in Bahrain
- List of shopping malls in Bahrain
- Manama incident
Notes and references[link]
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica (2006-06-28). "Encyclopædia Britannica - Manama (retrieved 25 November 2006)". Britannica.com. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9050436/Manama. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Tore Kjeilen (2008-08-10). "Encyclopaedia of the Orient - Manama (retrieved 25 November 2006)". Lexicorient.com. http://lexicorient.com/e.o/manama.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Development Team at BNA. "Bahrain News Agency - ELECTION 2006 (retrieved 2 December 2006)". http://english.bna.bh/?action=elections. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ CIA World Factbook - Bahrain (retrieved 2 December 2006)
- ^ "World Weather Information Service - Bahrain/Manama". http://worldweather.wmo.int/051/c00220.htm.
- ^ "Manama Culture (retrieved 2 December 2006)". Trip Advisor. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g293997-s202/Manama:Bahrain:Culture.html. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
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