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Bahraini media

Akhbar Al Khaleej
Akhbar Al Khaleej
Akhbar Al Khaleej is a Bahraini daily with a Left wing/Arab nationalist slant. Its editor in chief is Anwar Abdulrahman and it is the sister paper of the English language, Gulf Daily News....
Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation
Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation
Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation is a Corporation established in January 1993 to regulate visual and audio broadcasting in the Kingdom of Bahrain according to Amir decree . 96.5 fm Bahrain Radio Timings: ...
Gulf Daily News
Gulf Daily News
The Gulf Daily News is an English-language newspaper published in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Al Hilal Group. It is distributed locally in Bahrain. It is owned by the Al Hilal Group, which publishes 13 other newspapers and magazines, including the local Arabic newspaper Akhbar Al Khaleej. The paper,...
List of newspapers in Bahrain

Football venues in Bahrain

Al Ahli Stadium (Bahrain)
Al Ahli Stadium (Bahrain)
Al Ahli Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Manama, Bahrain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Al-Ahli. The stadium holds 10,000 people....
Al Muharraq Stadium
Al Muharraq Stadium
Al Muharraq Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Arad, Bahrain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Muharraq Club. The stadium holds 20,000 people....
Bahrain National Stadium
Bahrain National Stadium
The Bahrain National Stadium is the national stadium of Bahrain, located in East Riffa. It can accommodate 35,000 people and is used mostly for football matches. It was built in 1982. Various aspects of the stadium will be renovated, such as the seats and roof.-External links:**...
Madinat 'Isa Stadium
Madinat 'Isa Stadium
Madinat 'Isa Stadium, also known as Issa Town Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Al-Najma. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was opened in 1968....

Cities in Bahrain

List of cities in Bahrain
A'ali
A'ali
A'ali is one of the biggest towns in Bahrain. It was formerly a part of the municipality of Mintaqah but since 2001 lies within the Central Governorate. A'ali is famous for its 170,000+ ancient burial mounds, which is considered one of the largest graveyards in the world...
Al-Budayyi'
Al-Budayyi'
Al Budaiya is a coastal town located in the northwestern region of Bahrain Island, in the Northern Governorate of the Kindgdom of Bahrain. It neighbors the villages of Diraz and Bani Jamra....
Diplomatic Area
Diplomatic Area
The Diplomatic Area is an area that is located within the Central Business District of Manama, the capital city of Bahrain, an island kingdom in the Persian Gulf....
Hamala
Hamala
Hamala is a place in Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf.Batelco, Bahrain's premier telecommunications company has a large office campus in Hamala....
Al Hidd
Al Hidd
Al Hidd is a town in Bahrain, located on a sand spit on the southeastern extremity of Muharraq Island. The town is of Sunni population, of bedouin tribal origin, huwala, or Afro-Arabs. About a third of the inhabitants of Hidd are of Omani descent....
Jidd Haffs
Jidd Haffs
Jidhafs is a city in northern Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the northern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Capital and Northern Governorate.Located in 24 square km...
Karrana
Karrana
Karrana is a village in Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf.The village of Karrana lies in the middle of the northern coast of the mother island of Bahrain, and is considered to be a part of the Northern Governorate. It is one of many villages straddling the Budaiya Highway. To the...
Khamis
Khamis
Khamis is a place located between Salmaniya and Isa town in the island kingdom of Bahrain. It is largely a residential area with a number of shops and business establishments....
Madinat 'Isa
Madinat 'Isa
Isa Town is a middle class suburb in Bahrain in the north central part of the country. The name Isa refers to Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, the ruler of Bahrain from 1961 to 1999....
Madinat Hamad
Madinat Hamad
Madinat Hamad is a city in northern Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the central part of the country. It was split off of the municipality of Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah in 1991. Its territory is now in the Northern Governorate...
Manama
Manama
Manama 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...
Al Muharraq
Nezha, Bahrain
Riffa
Saar, Bahrain
Seef
Seef
Seef is a suburban neighborhood in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain.Seef is a result of active land reclamation work starting in the 1990s, which has dramatically changed the Bahrain coastline...
Sitrah
Zinj, Bahrain
Zinj, Bahrain
Zinj is a suburb in the city of Manama, Bahrain. New Zinj consists of spacious villas, many overlooking the sea front and Tubli Bay. Old Zinj is an old section adjacent to the village of "Bilad Al Qadeem"...

Communications in Bahrain

Communications in Bahrain
Communications in Bahrain
-Telephonic services:Telephones - main lines in use: 194,200 county comparison to the world: 124Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,116,000 Telephone system:*general assessment: modern system...
Batelco
Batelco
Bahrain Telecommunications Company - - is the principal telecommunications company of Bahrain. The company is headquartered in Bahrain and is listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange.-Ownership:...
.bh
.bh
.bh is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bahrain. It is administered by BATELCO.-Second level domains:There are eight Second Level Domains:*com.bh: Commercial Entities*info.bh: Informational Sites*cc.bh...
Boycott Batelco
List of people on stamps of Bahrain

Bahraini culture

Bahrainona
Bahrainona
Bahrainona , is the national anthem of Bahrain. Two different versions were made with the same melody but with different words. The first one anthem was used from the independence of Bahrain in 1971 until 2002. The second version was used since the country's ruler Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah declared...
Culture of Bahrain
Culture of Bahrain
-People & Heritage:Just around half of the population are Arabs, and most are native-born Bahrainis, but only a minority of them are Omanis, or Saudis. Foreign-born inhabitants, comprising more than half of the population, are mostly from Iran, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Britain, and the United...
Flag of Bahrain
Flag of Bahrain
The national flag of Bahrain consists of a white band on the left, separated from a red area on the right by five triangles that serve as a serrated line.Red is the traditional colour for flags of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf...
Khubz
Khubz
Khubz, khoubz or khobz , an Arabic word for bread, but usually used by non-Arabic speakers to refer to a flatbread that forms a staple of the local diet in Arabic-speaking countries from the Arabian Peninsula to Morocco....

Bahraini music

Music of Bahrain
Music of Bahrain
The music of Bahrain is part of the pan-Gulf khaleeji folk traditions. It is also known for sawt music, a bluesy genre influenced by African, Indian and Persian music...
Al Ekhwa
Al Ekhwa
Al Ekhwa band " The Brothers " is a Bahraini musical band that was formed by the widely Bahraini known performer of the western music singer/guitarist Ali Bahar in 1986. They were called variously Al Sakhra " The Stone " But finally the band name got changed to Al Ekhwa " The Brothers "...
Ali Bahar
Khalid Al-Thawadi
Fijiri
Fijiri
Fidjeri is the specific repertoire of vocal music sung by the pearl divers of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf . A lead singer is backed up by a chorus of accompanying singers and clapping...
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Bahraini poets

Ali Al Shargawi
Ali Al Shargawi
Ali Al Shargawi is a leading Bahraini poet, lyricist and playwright whose work has been translated into English, German, Bulgarian, Russian, Kurdish, and French...
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh was one of the greatest poets of Bahrain.Al-Arrayedh grew up in Bombay, India without speaking any Arabic, and it was only after his family moved back to their home in Bahrain when he was eighteen did he learn the language. His first poetry was published in Baghdad in 1931...
Ali Al Jallawi
Ali Al Jallawi
Ali Al Jallawi is a poet, researcher, and writer. After two periods of imprisonment for writing poetry critical of the political regime in Bahrain, Al Jallawi has gone on to publish seven volumes of his work, most recently Tashta’il karazat nahd, 2008...
Tarafa
Tarafa
Tarafa , was a 6th century Arabian poet of the tribe of the Bakr.After a wild and dissipated youth spent in Bahrain, left his native land after peace had been established between the tribes of Bakr and Taghlib and went with his uncle Al-Mutalammis to the court of the king of Hira, 'Amr ibn-Hind ,...
Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin
Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin
Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin is a Bahraini former minister, poet, ex-diplomat, historian, writer and researcher. He is best known for having published the first Encyclopedia of Bahraini History, stretching from 3000 B.C. to the modern Bahraini state...

Economy of Bahrain

Economy of Bahrain
Economy of Bahrain
According to the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom published by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, Bahrain has the freest economy in the Middle East and North Africa region and is tenth overall in the world...
Bahrain Stock Exchange
Bahrain Stock Exchange
The Bahrain Stock Exchange was established in 1987 by Amiri Decree No. and officially commenced operations on June 17, 1989, with 29 listed companies. Currently, there are 50 companies listed on the exchange...
Bahraini dinar
Bahraini dinar
The dinar is the currency of Bahrain. It is divided into 1000 fils . The name dinar derives from the Roman denarius. The dinar was introduced in 1965, replacing the Gulf rupee at a rate of 10 rupees = 1 dinar. The Bahraini dinar is abbreviated .د.ب or BD...
US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement
US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement
The United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement was signed September 14, 2004. It was ratified by the United States House of Representatives on December 7, 2005 by 327-95, with 10 not voting. The United States Senate approved the bill on December 13, 2005 by voice vote. The President of the United...

Companies of Bahrain

Al Muntazah
Al Muntazah
Al Muntazah is a well-known supermarket chain in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It is believed to be the biggest supermarket chain in the kingdom. Al Muntazah Supermarkets is the subsidiary of Almeer Group which was founded in the 1940s by Jalal Almeer ....
Bapco Bahrain
Bapco Bahrain
Bahrain Petroleum Company , wholly owned by the government of Bahrain, is a fully integrated oil company. Its activities include oil and gas exploration and production, refining, storage and distribution of petroleum products and natural gas, and sales and exports of crude oil and refined...
Batelco
Batelco
Bahrain Telecommunications Company - - is the principal telecommunications company of Bahrain. The company is headquartered in Bahrain and is listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange.-Ownership:...
Bahrain Tradanet W.L.L.
Computer World, Bahrain
Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company
Shamil Bank of Bahrain
Shamil Bank of Bahrain
Shamil Bank is a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, with commercial and investment banking activities. It has grown steadily to become one of Bahrain’s leading financial institutions....

Banks of Bahrain

Arab Banking
Arab Banking
Arab Banking Corporation was incorporated as a Bahrain joint stock company on January 17, 1980 through a special decree by the Amir of Bahrain. It obtained an offshore banking unit licence from the Bahrain Monetary Agency on April 7, 1980, and began operations in the same month...
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait
The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C. was established in 1971 in both the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Kuwait. Its shareholders consist of the general public and government of Bahrain, and banks and investment companies in Kuwait...
HSBC Bank Middle East
HSBC Bank Middle East
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited is the largest and most widely represented international bank in the Middle East. The bank has received several awards in various categories.-History:...
Shamil Bank of Bahrain
Shamil Bank of Bahrain
Shamil Bank is a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, with commercial and investment banking activities. It has grown steadily to become one of Bahrain’s leading financial institutions....
Kuwait Finance House

Trade unions of Bahrain

Bahrain Workers' Union
General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain
General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain
The General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain is a national trade union federation in Bahrain. It was established in 2002 when the King created the Workers Trade Union Law granting workers the right to organize collectively....

Education in Bahrain

Education in Bahrain
Education in Bahrain
Bahrain has the oldest public education system in the Arabian Peninsula. The system was established in 1932 when the government assumed responsibility for operating two preexisting primary schools for boys. Subsequently, separate facilities for girls and various secondary programs were established....
Arab Open University
Arab Open University
Arab Open University is a non-profit private Pan-Arab university founded in 2002 in Kuwait, Jordan, and Lebanon. One year later it opened in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman. The AOU is affiliated with the UK Open University...
University of Bahrain
University of Bahrain
The University of Bahrain , a public university in the Kingdom of Bahrain, is the largest university in Bahrain. In post-nominals the University of Bahrain is typically abbreviated as UoB....

Schools in Bahrain

Bahrain Bayan School
Bahrain Bayan School
Bahrain Bayan School is a private school located in Isa Town, Bahrain, established in 1982.- Tuition fees :The school's tuition fees are an annual sum split between semesters.- Activities :...
Bahrain School
Bahrain School
Bahrain School is a United States Department of Defense school located in Juffair, Manama, Bahrain.- Overview :The school is operated by the Bahrain International School Association with the United States Department of Defense Education Activity and takes students from Kindergarten to Twelfth grade...
St. Christopher's School, Bahrain
St. Christopher's School, Bahrain
St. Christopher's School is a private school located in Isa Town, Bahrain and Saar, Bahrain , offering British curriculum education. It offers primary to secondary education ranging from reception to Sixth form. Students sit GCSE and A-level examinations...
IKNS
Indian School, Bahrain
Indian School, Bahrain
The Indian School, is a CBSE affiliated school located in Bahrain. It is one of the largest expatriate schools in the Persian Gulf region, with a strength of around 9000 students across two campuses...

Geography of Bahrain

Geography of Bahrain
Geography of Bahrain
Bahrain comprises an archipelago of thirty-three islands in the Persian Gulf, situated close to the shore of the Arabian Peninsula. The islands are about twenty-four kilometers from the east coast of Saudi Arabia and twenty-eight kilometers from Qatar...
Amwaj Islands
Amwaj Islands
Amwaj Islands are a group of man-made islands located in the northeast of Bahrain, near the coast of Muharraq island. It covers roughly 2 790 000 m² ....
Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah
Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah
Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah was a municipality of Bahrain in the southern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Central and Southern Governorates. Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah's population in 2001 was 79,985.- References :...
Demographics of Bahrain
Demographics of Bahrain
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bahrain, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
Gulf of Bahrain
Gulf of Bahrain
The Gulf of Bahrain is an inlet of the Persian Gulf on the east coast of Saudi Arabia, separated from the main body of water by the peninsula of Qatar. It surrounds the islands of Bahrain. The King Fahd Causeway crosses the western section of the Gulf of Bahrain, connection Saudi Arabia to Bahrain....
Hawar Islands
Hawar Islands
The Hawar Islands are a group of islands situated off the west coast of Qatar in the Gulf of Bahrain of the Persian Gulf.Despite their proximity to Qatar , the islands...
Al Hidd
Al Hidd
Al Hidd is a town in Bahrain, located on a sand spit on the southeastern extremity of Muharraq Island. The town is of Sunni population, of bedouin tribal origin, huwala, or Afro-Arabs. About a third of the inhabitants of Hidd are of Omani descent....
Hoora
Hoora
Hoora is one of the busy parts of Manama, the capital of Bahrain.Along with the Central Business District, Adliya, and Juffair, Hoora is considered as one of Manama's nightlife centres, with many bars, hotels, restaurants, pubs and nightclubs , and it is very popular with Arab visitors to...
Juffair
Juffair
Juffair is a suburban neighborhood of Manama, Bahrain. It was originally a separate village inhabited by Bahrainis, but it has been absorbed by the suburban expansion of Manama, and also includes large parts of land reclaimed from the sea....
Ma'ameer
Ma'ameer
Ma'ameer is a village in the island-kingdom of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. Ma'ameer Industrial Area consists of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Oil Refinery and a large number of factories, production units such as Awal Readymixed Concrete , Eastern Asphalt, and Al Zamil Aluminium.*...
Al Muharraq
Sanad, Bahrain
Sanad, Bahrain
Sanad is a town in Bahrain.The region is located near Isa Town and Riffa. Sanad is mainly a residential area dotted with mansions, gardens, and restaurants...
Umm Al Hassam
Umm Al Hassam
Umm Al Hassam is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, which is the capital of Bahrain. The neighborhood is home to many members of Bahrain's local Jewish community...
Zallaq
Zallaq
Al Zallaq is a village on the western coast of Bahrain.Al Zallaq was and still is home to the Al-Dawasir,AL-Zeabi and Algahtam tribe in Bahrain together with Al-Budayyi' and Juzur Hawar. It is famous for the Al Jazaer Beach . The Al Areen Wildlife Park is also near the Al Jazaer Beach in Zallaq...

Foreign relations of Bahrain

Foreign relations of Bahrain
Foreign relations of Bahrain
Bahrain plays a modest, moderating role in regional politics and adheres to the views of the Arab League on Middle East peace and Palestinian rights. Since achieving independence in 1971, Bahrain has maintained friendly relations with most of its neighbours and with the world community...
Forum for the Future (Bahrain 2005)
Forum for the Future (Bahrain 2005)
The Forum for the Future in Bahrain on 11–12 November 2005 brought together, by suggestion of the prime minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the leaders of states of the Middle East, industrialised countries of the Group of Eight and other partners to promote political, economic and...
Hawar Islands
Hawar Islands
The Hawar Islands are a group of islands situated off the west coast of Qatar in the Gulf of Bahrain of the Persian Gulf.Despite their proximity to Qatar , the islands...
List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Bahrain
Major non-NATO ally
Major non-NATO ally
Major non-NATO ally is a designation given by the United States government to close allies who have strategic working relationships with US armed forces but are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
United States Ambassador to Bahrain
United States Ambassador to Bahrain
The United States Ambassador to Bahrain is the official representative of the President of the United States to the head of state of Bahrain.Until 1971, Bahrain had been part of a British protectorate along with the other sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf. In 1971 the protectorate ended and seven of...

Human rights in Bahrain

Al Muntada
Al Muntada
Al Muntada is a Bahrain society set up by academics, journalists and businessmen to promote liberalism in the Kingdom.It was established in 2001 to provide a place for liberals to debate how they could meet the challenge of religious extremist domination of political life, which has been a...
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights is a Bahraini non-profit non-governmental organisation which works to promote human rights in Bahrain, which was founded by a number of Bahraini activist in June 2002...
Bahrain Human Rights Society
Bahrain Human Rights Society
The Bahrain Human Rights Society was set up in 2002 following wide ranging political reforms by the Bahraini government to allow the functioning of independent human rights groups....
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society, is a Bahraini human rights organization established in November 2004 which claims to protect housemaids, and to fight for women’s rights....
Elections in Bahrain
Elections in Bahrain
The National Assembly is bicameral with the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, having 40 members elected in single-seat constituencies for a four year term. The upper house, the Shura Council, has 40 members appointed by the King of Bahrain, with the stated aim of giving a voice to minority...
Faisal Fulad
Faisal Fulad
Faisal Hassan Fulad is a member of Kingdom of Bahrain's upper chamber of parliament, the Consultative Council, since 1996. Fulad was appointed to parliament by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa since 2002–present....
Gay rights in Bahrain
Gay rights in Bahrain
Bahrain is known as one of the more tolerant Muslim nations in the Middle East, and has recently undergone a period of political liberalization and the criminal code is silent on private, non-commercial acts of sodomy between consenting adults. The law therefore allows homosexuality and it is not...
Lulwa Al Awadhi
Lulwa Al Awadhi
Lulwa Al Awadhi is a leading Bahrani women's rights advocate and the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Women, the main women's organisation in Bahrain...
Supreme Council for Women
Supreme Council for Women
The Supreme Council for Women is Bahrain’s advisory body to the government on women's issues. It is chaired by Sheikha Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the wife of Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa...
We Have A Right
We Have A Right
We Have A Right is a political campaign launched to protect personal freedoms in Bahrain by the society of liberal intellectuals, Al Muntada, on 22 November 2005....
Women's political rights in Bahrain
Women's political rights in Bahrain
Women’s political rights have been a cornerstone of the political reforms initiated by King Hamad with for the first time women being given the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002...
Workers Trade Union Law
Workers Trade Union Law
The Workers Trade Union Law was passed by Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, on September 24, 2002.It recognizes the right of workers to organize collectively, although Bahrain has not ratified the International Labour Organization Conventions Freedom of Association and Protection of the...

Torture in Bahrain

Torture in Bahrain
Torture in Bahrain
Torture in Bahrain refers to the violation of Bahrain’s obligations as a state party to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and other international treaties and disregard for the prohibition of torture enshrined in Bahraini...
Adel Flaifel
Adel Flaifel
Colonel Adel Jassim Flaifel is a former colonel in the State Security and Intelligence Service of Bahrain. He is accused of committing, or overseeing, acts of physical and psychological torture on Bahraini citizens from 1980s until 1997...
Ian Henderson (Britain)
Ian Henderson (Britain)
Ian Henderson is a British citizen known for his alleged use of torture to put down the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya, and later the 1990s Uprising in Bahrain as an employee of the Bahrain government...
Royal Decree 56 of 2002
Royal Decree 56 of 2002
Royal Decree 56 of 2002 is a law issued in Bahrain by King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah that grants impunity to security officers and state officials from being prosecuted for human rights abuses prior to 2001.-External links:...
State Security Law of 1974
State Security Law of 1974
Following Bahrain’s independence from the British in 1971, the government of Bahrain embarked on an extended period of political suppression under a 1974 State Security Law shortly after the adoption of the country’s first formal Constitution in 1973...
Torture in Bahrain 1990s

Prime Ministers of Bahrain

Prime Minister of Bahrain
Prime Minister of Bahrain
In Bahrain, the Prime Minister is the head of government of the country. According to the Constitution of Bahrain, the Prime Minister is appointed directly by the King, and needs not be an elected member of the Council of Representatives....
Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
‎Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is the Prime Minister of Bahrain since 1971, hence is the longest-serving unelected prime minister in the world...

Bahraini monarchs

Al Khalifa
Al Khalifa
The Al Khalifa family is the ruling family of Bahrain. The Al Khalifa profess Sunni Islam and belong to the Anizah tribe that migrated from Najd to Kuwait in the early 18th century. They are also from the Utub tribe...
Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah
Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, GCB, GCMG was the monarch or emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death. Born in the town of Jasra, he became emir upon the death of his father, Salman ibn Hamad. On May 8, 1949, he married his only wife, Shaikha Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa .Isa's reign saw Bahrain gain...
Al-Ala'a Al-Hadrami
Al-Ala'a Al-Hadrami
Al-Ala'a Al-Hadrami was an envoy sent by the Muslim prophet Muhammad in the 7th century AD, to spread the message of Islam to the region that is now Bahrain and Qatar....
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942)
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942)
Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa KCIE, CSI was the ruler of Bahrain from 1932 until his death in 1942...
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the King of Bahrain , having previously been its Emir . He is the son of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the previous Emir.-Early life and education:...
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa
Shaikh Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, KCIE, CSI was the ruler of Bahrain from 1869 until his death. His title was Hakim of Bahrain. He is one the longest reigning monarchs of the region...
King of Bahrain
King of Bahrain
The King of Bahrain ‎ is the monarch and head of state of Bahrain. Between 1783 and 1971, the Bahraini monarch held the title of Hakim, and, from 1971 until 2002, the title of Emir...
Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi
Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi
Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi was the ruler of Bahrain and Qatar during the age of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In the 7th century AD, when Muhammad and his companions started preaching Islam throughout the world, the message of Islam was sent by Muhammad to Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi.Prior to Islam,...
Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961)
Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961)
Shaikh Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, KCMG, KCIE was the ruler of Bahrain from 1942 until his death in 1961...

History of Bahrain

History of Bahrain
History of Bahrain
Bahrain is a island country in the Persian Gulf. Although Bahrain became an independent country in 1971, the history of these islands starts from ancient times...
1981 failed coup d'état in Bahrain
1981 failed coup d'état in Bahrain
After Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran in 1979, Tehran made clear its intention to spread its Islamic Revolution throughout the Middle East . Arab states on the Persian Gulf with their large Shia populations were seen as primary targets and the Iranian government immediately set about...
1990s Uprising in Bahrain
1990s Uprising in Bahrain
The 1990s Uprising in Bahrain or 1990s Intifada was an uprising in Bahrain between 1994 and 2000 in which leftists, liberals and Islamists joined forces...
Arad Fort
Arad Fort
Arad Fort is a 15th century fort in Arad, Bahrain. Arad Fort was built in the typical style of Islamic forts during the 15th century A.D. before the Portuguese invasion of Bahrain in 1622 A.D. This fort is one of the compact defensive forts in Bahrain. In its present location, it overlooks various...
Awal
Awal
Awal is the ancient name of Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf. The name Awal had remained in use, probably for eight centuries. Awal was derived from the name of a god that used to be worshiped by the inhabitants of the islands before the advent of Islam. Awal resembled the head of an...
Bab Al Bahrain
Bab Al Bahrain
Bab Al Bahrain means Gateway of Bahrain. It is located in the Customs Square in Manama's former central business district and marks the main entrance to the Manama souq. Designed by Sir Charles Belgrave, adviser to the Emir and completed in 1945, Bab Al Bahrain once stood close to the water's edge...
Baharna
Baharna
The Bahrani are the indigenous Shi'a inhabitants of the archipelago of Bahrain and the oasis of Qatif on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia . The term is sometimes also extended to the Shi'a inhabitants of the al-Hasa oasis. They are all Arabic speaking, and some claim descent from Arab tribes...
Bahrain Independence Day
Bahrain Independence Day
Bahrain Independence Day is on August 15, 1971. The British removed their troops from the Suez in the early 1960s, leaving the non-independent Bahrain with a decision to make....
Barbar temple
Barbar temple
The Barbar Temple is an archaeological site located in the village of Barbar, Bahrain, and considered to be part of the Dilmun culture. The most recent of the three Barbar temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954. A further two temples were discovered on the site with the...
Charles Belgrave
Charles Belgrave
Charles Dalrymple Belgrave was a British citizen and adviser to the rulers of Bahrain from 1926 until 1957. He first served under Shaikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa , and subsequently under Shaikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa ....
Dilmun
Dilmun
Dilmun or Telmun is a land mentioned by Mesopotamian civilizations as a trade partner, a source of the metal copper, and an entrepôt of the Mesopotamia-to-Indus Valley Civilization trade route...
First Oil Well, Bahrain
First Oil Well, Bahrain
As its name suggests, it is the first oil well in the Persian Gulf and is located in Bahrain. The well is situated below Jebel Dukhan. It was operated by Bahrain Petroleum Company. Oil first spurted from this well on 16 October 1931, and the well finally began to blow heads of oil on the morning of...
Former municipalities of Bahrain
Forum for the Future (Bahrain 2005)
Forum for the Future (Bahrain 2005)
The Forum for the Future in Bahrain on 11–12 November 2005 brought together, by suggestion of the prime minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the leaders of states of the Middle East, industrialised countries of the Group of Eight and other partners to promote political, economic and...
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942)
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942)
Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa KCIE, CSI was the ruler of Bahrain from 1932 until his death in 1942...
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa
Shaikh Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, KCIE, CSI was the ruler of Bahrain from 1869 until his death. His title was Hakim of Bahrain. He is one the longest reigning monarchs of the region...
King of Bahrain
King of Bahrain
The King of Bahrain ‎ is the monarch and head of state of Bahrain. Between 1783 and 1971, the Bahraini monarch held the title of Hakim, and, from 1971 until 2002, the title of Emir...
Al Muharraq
National Action Charter of Bahrain
National Action Charter of Bahrain
The National Action Charter of Bahrain is a document put forward by King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain in 2001 in order to end the popular 1990s Uprising and return the country to constitutional rule. It was approved in a national referendum in 2001, in which 98.4% of the voters voted in...
National Liberation Front - Bahrain
National Liberation Front - Bahrain
The National Liberation Front—Bahrain is a clandestine Marxist-Leninist party in Bahrain. It was founded on 15 February 1955, the first left party in the Arab states of the Gulf region...
Qal'at al-Bahrain
Qal'at al-Bahrain
The Qal'at al-Bahrain The Qal'at al-Bahrain The Qal'at al-Bahrain (in , also known as the Bahrain Fort or Fort of Bahrain and previously as the Portugal Fort (Qal'at al Portugal) is an archaeological site located in Bahrain...
Qarmatians
Qarmatians
The Qarmatians were a Shi'a Ismaili group centered in eastern Arabia, where they attempted to established a utopian republic in 899 CE. They are most famed for their revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate...
Riffa Fort
Riffa Fort
Built as a fort during the reign of the Persian Safavid Empire of Iran over Bahrain during the 17th century, the fort was converted into a residence in the 18th century for Sh.Salman Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, in 1812, Riffa Fort or it is now named , in the Kingdom of Bahrain offers a splendid view...
Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961)
Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961)
Shaikh Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, KCMG, KCIE was the ruler of Bahrain from 1942 until his death in 1961...
Torture in Bahrain
Torture in Bahrain
Torture in Bahrain refers to the violation of Bahrain’s obligations as a state party to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and other international treaties and disregard for the prohibition of torture enshrined in Bahraini...
Torture in Bahrain 1990s

Archaeological sites in Bahrain

Barbar temple
Barbar temple
The Barbar Temple is an archaeological site located in the village of Barbar, Bahrain, and considered to be part of the Dilmun culture. The most recent of the three Barbar temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954. A further two temples were discovered on the site with the...
Dilmun Burial Mounds
Dilmun Burial Mounds
The Dilmun Burial Mounds is a necropolis in Bahrain dating back to the Dilmun era.A Danish group was excavating the capital city of the Bronze Age when they opened some tumuli and discovered items dating to around 4100 - 3700 BP of the same culture...
Qal'at al-Bahrain
Qal'at al-Bahrain
The Qal'at al-Bahrain The Qal'at al-Bahrain The Qal'at al-Bahrain (in , also known as the Bahrain Fort or Fort of Bahrain and previously as the Portugal Fort (Qal'at al Portugal) is an archaeological site located in Bahrain...
Riffa Fort
Riffa Fort
Built as a fort during the reign of the Persian Safavid Empire of Iran over Bahrain during the 17th century, the fort was converted into a residence in the 18th century for Sh.Salman Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, in 1812, Riffa Fort or it is now named , in the Kingdom of Bahrain offers a splendid view...

Bahraini law

Constitution of Bahrain
Constitution of Bahrain
Bahrain has had two constitutions in its modern history. The first one was promulgated in 1973, and the second one in 2002.-Constitution of 1973:* Full text of the 1973 constitution...
National Action Charter of Bahrain
National Action Charter of Bahrain
The National Action Charter of Bahrain is a document put forward by King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain in 2001 in order to end the popular 1990s Uprising and return the country to constitutional rule. It was approved in a national referendum in 2001, in which 98.4% of the voters voted in...
Royal Decree 56 of 2002
Royal Decree 56 of 2002
Royal Decree 56 of 2002 is a law issued in Bahrain by King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah that grants impunity to security officers and state officials from being prosecuted for human rights abuses prior to 2001.-External links:...
State Security Law of 1974
State Security Law of 1974
Following Bahrain’s independence from the British in 1971, the government of Bahrain embarked on an extended period of political suppression under a 1974 State Security Law shortly after the adoption of the country’s first formal Constitution in 1973...

Military of Bahrain

Military of Bahrain
Military of Bahrain
The Military of Bahrain was under Bahrain's Ministry of Defence but now an independent entity and not part of the government and is simply Bahrain Defence Force under a field marshal who is the commander-in-chief...
Royal Bahraini Air Force
Royal Bahraini Air Force
The Royal Bahraini Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Bahrain Defense Force. The air force had 650 personnel in 1992 and 1,500 in 2009.- History :...
Sheik Isa Air Base
Sheik Isa Air Base
Isa Air Base, formerly Shaikh Isa Air Base , is located on the 665 km² island nation of Bahrain which is situated off Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast...

Organisations based in Bahrain

Al Furqan Centre
Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research
Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research
The Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research is a center that was established with the mission to serve the Bahraini community by conducting applied research, particularly of a contractual type, and to offer consultancies to leaders and decision makers in both the public and the private sectors...
Boy Scouts of Bahrain
Boy Scouts of Bahrain
The Boy Scouts of Bahrain is the national Scouting organization of Bahrain. It was founded in 1953, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1970. The Boy Scouts of Bahrain has 2,301 members as of 2011....
The Girl Guides Association of Bahrain
The Girl Guides Association of Bahrain
The Girl Guides Association of Bahrain is the national Guiding organization of Bahrain. Guiding was introduced to Bahrain in 1970 and the association became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1981...

Bahraini people

List of Bahrainis
Ali Abdulla Al-Ubaydli
Ali Abdulla Al-Ubaydli
Ali Abdulla Al-Ubaydli was a merchant, philanthropist and pioneer in Bahrain. At the turn of the 20th century, he was behind building the first modern port in Bahrain which was an important step in modernising the country. He also took part in the first attempt to supply the capital city with...
Mohammed ibn Jassim Al Ghatam
Ebrahim Eshaq
Rashid Al Zayani
Fawzi Kanoo
Farouk Yousif Almoayyed
Abdulla Ahmed Nass

Al Khalifa

Al Khalifa
Al Khalifa
The Al Khalifa family is the ruling family of Bahrain. The Al Khalifa profess Sunni Islam and belong to the Anizah tribe that migrated from Najd to Kuwait in the early 18th century. They are also from the Utub tribe...
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa is a lawyer and diplomat from Bahrain who was the President of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly which began on September 12, 2006, and closed on September 17, 2007...
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942)
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942)
Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa KCIE, CSI was the ruler of Bahrain from 1932 until his death in 1942...
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the King of Bahrain , having previously been its Emir . He is the son of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the previous Emir.-Early life and education:...
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa
Shaikh Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, KCIE, CSI was the ruler of Bahrain from 1869 until his death. His title was Hakim of Bahrain. He is one the longest reigning monarchs of the region...
Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah
Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, GCB, GCMG was the monarch or emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death. Born in the town of Jasra, he became emir upon the death of his father, Salman ibn Hamad. On May 8, 1949, he married his only wife, Shaikha Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa .Isa's reign saw Bahrain gain...
Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah
Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah
Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifa is the Foreign Minister of Bahrain. Sheikh Khaled was appointed in a cabinet reshuffle in September 2005, having previously been the ambassador to the United Kingdom, serving there from 2001....
Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Sheikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa was the sixth son of King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain. Amongst his other titles, he was the Honorary President of the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation...
Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
‎Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is the Prime Minister of Bahrain since 1971, hence is the longest-serving unelected prime minister in the world...
Meriam Al-Khalifa
Meriam Al-Khalifa
Sheikha Meriam Al Khalifa is a distant member of the Bahraini royal House of Al-Khalifa. She became famous after she met a US Marine and eloped with him to the United States...
Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Shaikh Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa is a member of the royal family of Bahrain and was Foreign Minister of Bahrain for nearly 35 years, from the time that it gained complete independence in 1971 until a cabinet reshuffle on September 29, 2005, when he was replaced by Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah...
Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain is the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and is deputy supreme commander of the Bahrain defence force...
Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961)
Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961)
Shaikh Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, KCMG, KCIE was the ruler of Bahrain from 1942 until his death in 1961...

Bahraini people by occupation

Bahraini singers

Bahraini singers by gender

Bahraini female singers

Ahlam fatso

Bahraini male singers

Rashed Al-Majed
Rashed Al-Majed
Rashed Abdul-Rahman Al-Majed is a Saudi Arabian singer, musician, and record producer.Al Majed's single Mashkalni Hubbak hit #5 on the Saudi music charts in 2002.-External links:*...

Bahraini prisoners and detainees

Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary
Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary
Jumah Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossari is a Bahraini, formerly held in the American prison for security detainees, Camp Delta, at the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay...
Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa
Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa
Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa is a citizen of Bahrain who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....
Essa Al Murbati
Essa Al Murbati
Issa Ali Abdullah al Murbati is a citizen of Bahrain who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.Al Murbati's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 52....
Abdulla Majid Al Naimi
Abdulla Majid Al Naimi
Born on March 9, 1982, in Manama, Bahrain, Abdulla Majid Al Naimi is a Bahraini, formerly held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....

Politics of Bahrain

Politics of Bahrain
Politics of Bahrain
Politics of Bahrain takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, with an executive appointed by the King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and a bi-cameral legislature, with the Chamber of Deputies elected by universal suffrage, and the Shura Council appointed directly by the king...
1981 failed coup d'état in Bahrain
1981 failed coup d'état in Bahrain
After Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran in 1979, Tehran made clear its intention to spread its Islamic Revolution throughout the Middle East . Arab states on the Persian Gulf with their large Shia populations were seen as primary targets and the Iranian government immediately set about...
1990s Uprising in Bahrain
1990s Uprising in Bahrain
The 1990s Uprising in Bahrain or 1990s Intifada was an uprising in Bahrain between 1994 and 2000 in which leftists, liberals and Islamists joined forces...
Adel Mouwda
Adel Mouwda
Sheikh Adel Al Mouwda was the second deputy chairman of Bahrain's parliament of 2002, the Chamber of Deputies, and the former leader of salafist party, Asalah...
Al-Menbar Islamic Society
Al-Menbar Islamic Society
Al Menbar National Islamic Society is the political wing of the Al Eslah Society in Bahrain, associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. A Sunni Islamist party, it is well organised through a network of mosques and seek to promote a conservative social agenda while not directly challenging the...
Al Muntada
Al Muntada
Al Muntada is a Bahrain society set up by academics, journalists and businessmen to promote liberalism in the Kingdom.It was established in 2001 to provide a place for liberals to debate how they could meet the challenge of religious extremist domination of political life, which has been a...
Al Wefaq
Al Wefaq
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society , also known as the Islamic National Accord Association, is a Bahraini political society, and the largest party in the Bahrain, both in terms of its membership and its results at the polls...
Alees Samaan
Alees Samaan
Alees Samaan is the first woman to chair a parliament in the Middle East when in April 2005 chaired Bahrain's upper house of parliament, the Consultative Council. Samaan is one of four women to sit in the Consultative Council...
Ali Ahmed
Ali Ahmed Abdulla
Ali Ahmed Abdulla, mostly known as Dr Ali Ahmed, is a member of Bahrain's parliament since 2002, representng the Al-Menbar Islamic Society, a Sunni party with close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.-Education:...
Ali Mattar
Ali Mattar
Ali Mohamed Mattar is a salafist Bahraini MP who represents Asalah in the Chamber of Deputies.Mattar is one of Asalah’s most active MPs, and is seen as carving out a niche for himself in parliamentary life with legislative proposals that have been described by supporters as ‘bold’...
Ali Salman
Ali Salman
Ali Salman is the president of the Al-Wefaq political society in Bahrain. He is a Twelver Shi'a cleric educated in Qom. In January 1995 the Bahraini government forcibly exiled him to Dubai for leading a popular campaign demanding the reinstatement of the constitution and the restoration of...
Asalah
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights is a Bahraini non-profit non-governmental organisation which works to promote human rights in Bahrain, which was founded by a number of Bahraini activist in June 2002...
Bahrain Freedom Movement
Bahrain Freedom Movement
Bahrain Freedom Movement is a London based Bahraini opposition group which has its headquarters in a north London mosque...
Bahrain Human Rights Society
Bahrain Human Rights Society
The Bahrain Human Rights Society was set up in 2002 following wide ranging political reforms by the Bahraini government to allow the functioning of independent human rights groups....
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society, is a Bahraini human rights organization established in November 2004 which claims to protect housemaids, and to fight for women’s rights....
Bandargate scandal
Bandargate scandal
The Al Bandar report refers to an alleged political conspiracy by the certain government officials in Bahrain to foment sectarian strife and marginalize the majority Shia community in the country...
Boycott Batelco
Constitution of Bahrain
Constitution of Bahrain
Bahrain has had two constitutions in its modern history. The first one was promulgated in 1973, and the second one in 2002.-Constitution of 1973:* Full text of the 1973 constitution...
Consultative Council of Bahrain
Consultative Council of Bahrain
The Consultative Council is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain....
Council of Representatives of Bahrain
Council of Representatives of Bahrain
The Council of Representatives , sometimes translated as the "Chamber of Deputies", is the name given to the lower house of the Bahraini National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain....
Economists Bloc
Economists Bloc
The Economists Bloc is a liberal political party in Bahrain which was represented by three MPs in the 2002-2006 parliament, but lost all its seats in the 2006 general election....
Elections in Bahrain
Elections in Bahrain
The National Assembly is bicameral with the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, having 40 members elected in single-seat constituencies for a four year term. The upper house, the Shura Council, has 40 members appointed by the King of Bahrain, with the stated aim of giving a voice to minority...
Faisal Fulad
Faisal Fulad
Faisal Hassan Fulad is a member of Kingdom of Bahrain's upper chamber of parliament, the Consultative Council, since 1996. Fulad was appointed to parliament by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa since 2002–present....
Gay rights in Bahrain
Gay rights in Bahrain
Bahrain is known as one of the more tolerant Muslim nations in the Middle East, and has recently undergone a period of political liberalization and the criminal code is silent on private, non-commercial acts of sodomy between consenting adults. The law therefore allows homosexuality and it is not...
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain
The Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain was a Shia resistance group active from the 1970s to the 1990s, that advocated democracy in Bahrain and the overthrow of the ruling Sunni Al Khalifa family. It was responsible for the failed 1981 coup attempt inspired by the Iranian revolution two...
Jassim Al Saeedi
Jassim Al Saeedi
Jassim Al Saeedi is a Bahraini salafist MP, member of parliament representing a constituency in Riffa.After he was banned from standing in 2002's general election for the main Salafist party, Asalah, for being "too extreme", Al Saeedi stood and won the election as an independent...
Majeed Karimi
Khalifa Al Dhahrani
Khalifa Al Dhahrani
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain, assigned the Speaker of the Council of Representatives Mr. Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dahrani to chair the National Dialogue because of the popularity and confidence he enjoys among all the political forces, in addition to his broad experience...
List of political parties in Bahrain
Lulwa Al Awadhi
Lulwa Al Awadhi
Lulwa Al Awadhi is a leading Bahrani women's rights advocate and the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Women, the main women's organisation in Bahrain...
Mohammed Khalid
Mohammed Khalid
One of Bahrain’s most outspoken Islamist MPs is Sheikh Mohammed Khalid, the Al-Menbar Islamic Society representative from the Northern Governorate...
National Action Charter of Bahrain
National Action Charter of Bahrain
The National Action Charter of Bahrain is a document put forward by King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain in 2001 in order to end the popular 1990s Uprising and return the country to constitutional rule. It was approved in a national referendum in 2001, in which 98.4% of the voters voted in...
National Assembly of Bahrain
National Assembly of Bahrain
The National Assembly is the name of both chambers of the Bahraini parliament when sitting in joint session, as laid out in the Constitution of 2002....
National Justice Movement
National Justice Movement
The National Justice Movement , also known as the Al Adala Society, is a secular nationalist political party in Bahrain, founded on 5 March 2006 in Muharraq. It is led by former National Democratic Action lawyer, Abdullah Hashem...
Supreme Council for Women
Supreme Council for Women
The Supreme Council for Women is Bahrain’s advisory body to the government on women's issues. It is chaired by Sheikha Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the wife of Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa...
We Have A Right
We Have A Right
We Have A Right is a political campaign launched to protect personal freedoms in Bahrain by the society of liberal intellectuals, Al Muntada, on 22 November 2005....
Women's political rights in Bahrain
Women's political rights in Bahrain
Women’s political rights have been a cornerstone of the political reforms initiated by King Hamad with for the first time women being given the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002...
Workers Trade Union Law
Workers Trade Union Law
The Workers Trade Union Law was passed by Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, on September 24, 2002.It recognizes the right of workers to organize collectively, although Bahrain has not ratified the International Labour Organization Conventions Freedom of Association and Protection of the...

Liberalism in Bahrain

Al Muntada
Al Muntada
Al Muntada is a Bahrain society set up by academics, journalists and businessmen to promote liberalism in the Kingdom.It was established in 2001 to provide a place for liberals to debate how they could meet the challenge of religious extremist domination of political life, which has been a...
Sawsan Al Sha'er
Sawsan Al Sha'er
Sawsan Al Sha’er is widely regarded as Bahrain’s most influential liberal intellectual. A journalist and author, she is a columnist with Al Watan newspaper, having joined the staff there from the pro-government Al Ayam....
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa is a lawyer and diplomat from Bahrain who was the President of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly which began on September 12, 2006, and closed on September 17, 2007...
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society, is a Bahraini human rights organization established in November 2004 which claims to protect housemaids, and to fight for women’s rights....
Economists Bloc
Economists Bloc
The Economists Bloc is a liberal political party in Bahrain which was represented by three MPs in the 2002-2006 parliament, but lost all its seats in the 2006 general election....
We Have A Right
We Have A Right
We Have A Right is a political campaign launched to protect personal freedoms in Bahrain by the society of liberal intellectuals, Al Muntada, on 22 November 2005....
Women's political rights in Bahrain
Women's political rights in Bahrain
Women’s political rights have been a cornerstone of the political reforms initiated by King Hamad with for the first time women being given the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002...

Political parties in Bahrain

List of political parties in Bahrain
Al Meethaq
Al Meethaq
Al Meethaq , or the National Action Charter Society, is a liberal political party in Bahrain.It won no seats in the 2002 or 2006 general elections...
Al-Menbar Islamic Society
Al-Menbar Islamic Society
Al Menbar National Islamic Society is the political wing of the Al Eslah Society in Bahrain, associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. A Sunni Islamist party, it is well organised through a network of mosques and seek to promote a conservative social agenda while not directly challenging the...
Al Wefaq
Al Wefaq
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society , also known as the Islamic National Accord Association, is a Bahraini political society, and the largest party in the Bahrain, both in terms of its membership and its results at the polls...
Asalah
Baath Party
Baath Party
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party was a political party mixing Arab nationalist and Arab socialist interests, opposed to Western imperialism, and calling for the renaissance or resurrection and unification of the Arab world into a single state. Ba'ath is also spelled Ba'th or Baath and means...
Democratic Bloc
Democratic Bloc
Democratic Bloc was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded during the election campaign to participate in the parliamentary election held during March 4-18, 1990.-History:...
Democratic Progressive Tribune - Bahrain
Democratic Progressive Tribune - Bahrain
Progressive Democratic Tribune is a political outfit launched by returning exiles from the underground communist National Liberation Front - Bahrain in 2002. The group won three seats in the Bahraini parliament in the 2002 elections...
Islamic Action Society
Islamic Action Society
The Islamic Action Society is one of the main Islamist political parties in Bahrain, and mainly appeals to Shīʻa followers of the Najaf-based Āyatu l-Lāh, Hādī al-Mudarrisī, who are known as "the Shirāzī faction"....
National Action Charter Society
National Democratic Action
National Democratic Action
The National Democratic Action Society - Wa'ad is Bahrain's largest leftist political party. It emerged out of the Popular Front, a radical clandestine opposition movement of Maoist, socialist and Arab nationalist orientation...
National Liberation Front - Bahrain
National Liberation Front - Bahrain
The National Liberation Front—Bahrain is a clandestine Marxist-Leninist party in Bahrain. It was founded on 15 February 1955, the first left party in the Arab states of the Gulf region...
Nationalist Democratic Rally Society
Nationalist Democratic Rally Society
Nationalist Democratic Assembly , a political group attached to the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party in Bahrain. The organization is led by Rasul al-Jishi....

Bahraini politicians

Adel Mouwda
Adel Mouwda
Sheikh Adel Al Mouwda was the second deputy chairman of Bahrain's parliament of 2002, the Chamber of Deputies, and the former leader of salafist party, Asalah...
Ahmad Al-Thawadi
Ahmad Al-Thawadi
Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Thawadi was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Tribune, a leftist political party in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He was born in 1938 during the British colonization of Bahrain. He was also a founding member of the National Liberation Front...
Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain is the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and is deputy supreme commander of the Bahrain defence force...
Alees Samaan
Alees Samaan
Alees Samaan is the first woman to chair a parliament in the Middle East when in April 2005 chaired Bahrain's upper house of parliament, the Consultative Council. Samaan is one of four women to sit in the Consultative Council...
Ali Ahmed
Ali Ahmed Abdulla
Ali Ahmed Abdulla, mostly known as Dr Ali Ahmed, is a member of Bahrain's parliament since 2002, representng the Al-Menbar Islamic Society, a Sunni party with close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.-Education:...
Ali Mattar
Ali Mattar
Ali Mohamed Mattar is a salafist Bahraini MP who represents Asalah in the Chamber of Deputies.Mattar is one of Asalah’s most active MPs, and is seen as carving out a niche for himself in parliamentary life with legislative proposals that have been described by supporters as ‘bold’...
Ali Salman
Ali Salman
Ali Salman is the president of the Al-Wefaq political society in Bahrain. He is a Twelver Shi'a cleric educated in Qom. In January 1995 the Bahraini government forcibly exiled him to Dubai for leading a popular campaign demanding the reinstatement of the constitution and the restoration of...
Tawfeeq Ahmed Almansoor
Tawfeeq Ahmed Almansoor
Tawfeeq Ahmed Khalil Almansoor is the current Ambassador to the United Nations for Bahrain. He presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 21 May 2003....
Faisal Fulad
Faisal Fulad
Faisal Hassan Fulad is a member of Kingdom of Bahrain's upper chamber of parliament, the Consultative Council, since 1996. Fulad was appointed to parliament by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa since 2002–present....
Jassim Al Saeedi
Jassim Al Saeedi
Jassim Al Saeedi is a Bahraini salafist MP, member of parliament representing a constituency in Riffa.After he was banned from standing in 2002's general election for the main Salafist party, Asalah, for being "too extreme", Al Saeedi stood and won the election as an independent...
Majeed Karimi
Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah
Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah
Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifa is the Foreign Minister of Bahrain. Sheikh Khaled was appointed in a cabinet reshuffle in September 2005, having previously been the ambassador to the United Kingdom, serving there from 2001....
Khalifa Al Dhahrani
Khalifa Al Dhahrani
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain, assigned the Speaker of the Council of Representatives Mr. Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dahrani to chair the National Dialogue because of the popularity and confidence he enjoys among all the political forces, in addition to his broad experience...
Lulwa Al Awadhi
Lulwa Al Awadhi
Lulwa Al Awadhi is a leading Bahrani women's rights advocate and the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Women, the main women's organisation in Bahrain...
Mohammed Khalid
Mohammed Khalid
One of Bahrain’s most outspoken Islamist MPs is Sheikh Mohammed Khalid, the Al-Menbar Islamic Society representative from the Northern Governorate...
Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Shaikh Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa is a member of the royal family of Bahrain and was Foreign Minister of Bahrain for nearly 35 years, from the time that it gained complete independence in 1971 until a cabinet reshuffle on September 29, 2005, when he was replaced by Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah...
Nada Haffadh
Nada Haffadh
Nada Haffadh was Bahrain's first ever female cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister of Health in 2004, serving in the position until September 2007...
Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
‎Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is the Prime Minister of Bahrain since 1971, hence is the longest-serving unelected prime minister in the world...

Religion in Bahrain

Al Furqan Centre
Islam in Bahrain
Islam in Bahrain
Islam is the state religion in Bahrain where nearly all citizens are Muslims, However, due to an influx of immigrants and guest workers from non-Muslim countries, such as India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka, the overall percentage of Muslims in the country has declined since the late 20th century...
Roman Catholicism in Bahrain
Roman Catholicism in Bahrain
The Roman Catholic Church in Bahrain is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....

Science and technology in Bahrain

Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research
Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research
The Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research is a center that was established with the mission to serve the Bahraini community by conducting applied research, particularly of a contractual type, and to offer consultancies to leaders and decision makers in both the public and the private sectors...

Bahraini society

Baharna
Baharna
The Bahrani are the indigenous Shi'a inhabitants of the archipelago of Bahrain and the oasis of Qatif on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia . The term is sometimes also extended to the Shi'a inhabitants of the al-Hasa oasis. They are all Arabic speaking, and some claim descent from Arab tribes...
Bahrain Independence Day
Bahrain Independence Day
Bahrain Independence Day is on August 15, 1971. The British removed their troops from the Suez in the early 1960s, leaving the non-independent Bahrain with a decision to make....
Boy Scouts of Bahrain
Boy Scouts of Bahrain
The Boy Scouts of Bahrain is the national Scouting organization of Bahrain. It was founded in 1953, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1970. The Boy Scouts of Bahrain has 2,301 members as of 2011....
Demographics of Bahrain
Demographics of Bahrain
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bahrain, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
Huwala
Huwala
The Huwala meaning "Those that have changed or moved". Originally the "Huwala" word is Arabic, but since Persian does not contain the pharyngeal fricative "ح" present in Arabic, it pronounced it Huwala...

Bahraini Clubs

Al-Ahli
Al-Najma
Al-Najma
Al-Najma is a Bahraini football club based in Manama. They play in the top division in Bahraini football. Some of their famous players are striker mourad faris ,Rashed Jamal,young Bahrain Olympic team player Hamad Faisal , Yemeni international defender Salem Saeed ,and the main goalkeeper of the...
Bahrain Club
Bahrain (football club)
Al-Bahrain Sports Club , otherwise simply known as Bahrain, is primarily a Bahraini football club based in the island-governorate of Al-Muharraq. Their football team currently play in the Bahrain first division league. Their home football stadium is the Al Muharraq Stadium, which they share along...
Busaiteen Club
Busaiteen Club
Busaiteen is a Bahraini club based in Busaiteen. The club competes in football, Volleyball, Table Tennis, and Track & Field.-Football Team:...
Manama Club
Manama Club
TodaysManama Club is a football club based in Manama, Bahrain. They play in the top division in Bahraini football.From the inception of the Bahrain league in 1945 till the start of 1990s, Manama did not make an important impact on Bahraini football. While rivals Al Ahli were winning three national...
Muharraq Club
Muharraq Club
Al-Muharraq Sports Club , is the oldest sports club in Muharraq island in the Persian Gulf region. Al-Muharraq Sports Club has won the Bahraini Football Premier League 31 times. Al-Muharraq Sports Club also takes part in other sports than football like Basketball and Volleyball...
Riffa
Bahrain Riffa Club
Al-Riffa Sports Club is a Bahraini football club based in Riffa, playing in the top division of Bahraini football. The club was founded in 1953 by the Kingdom's Prime Minister, HH Sh. Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa...
Sitra Club

Football in Bahrain

Bahrain Football Association
Bahrain Football Association
The Bahrain Football Association is the governing body of football in Bahrain, and controls the Bahrain national football team. It was founded in 1957, and has been a member of FIFA since 1966. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation....
Bahrain national football team
Bahrain national football team
The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association; it was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so...
Bahraini Premier League
Bahraini Premier League
The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in Bahrain. The first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. The championship is currently contested by 10 clubs-Current Structure:...

Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain Grand Prix
The Bahrain Grand Prix is a Formula One Championship race which first took place at the Bahrain International Circuit on 4 April 2004.The Bahrain Grand Prix, sponsored by Gulf Air, made history as the first Formula One Grand Prix to be held in the Middle East...
2004 Bahrain Grand Prix
2004 Bahrain Grand Prix
The 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 4, 2004 at the Bahrain International Circuit. It was the first Formula One race to be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Middle East.__FORCETOC__- Qualifying :-Race:-Notes:...
2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
The 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix was a Formula One race held from April 1 to April 3, 2005 at Bahrain International Circuit.__FORCETOC__- Summary :...
2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
The 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix was the first round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship, held on 12 March 2006 at the Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain.-Qualifying:...
Bahrain International Circuit
Bahrain International Circuit
The Bahrain International Circuit is a motorsport venue opened in 2004 and used for drag racing, GP2 and the annual Bahrain Grand Prix. The 2004 Grand Prix was the first held in the Middle East. Since 2006, Australian V8 Supercar has been raced at the BIC and the V8 races are named as the Desert 400...

Bahrain at the Olympics

Bahrain at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Bahrain at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Bahrain competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.-Swimming:Men's 100m Freestyle*Hamad Bader* Heat — 58.16 Men's 100m Butterfly...
Bahrain at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Bahrain at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Bahrain competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Seven competitors, all men, took part in seven events in three sports.-Athletics:Men's 3.000m Steeplechase* Abdullah Al Doseri-Fencing:...
Bahrain at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Bahrain at the 1992 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 100m metres*Khalid Juma Juma* Heat — 10.80 Men's 5.000 metres*Abdullah Al-Dosari* Heat — 14:23.07 Men's 10.000 metres*Abdullah Al-Doseri...
Bahrain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Bahrain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Bahrain competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-References:*...
Bahrain at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Bahrain at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Bahrain competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Fatema Hameed Gerashi, who represented Bahrain in swimming, was the youngest competitor of any event and any nationality at the Games, aged only 12...
Bahrain at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Bahrain at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Bahrain competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The country sent ten representatives: six in athletics, two in swimming, one in shooting and one in sailing.-Athletics:Women's 100 metres:...

Bahraini athletes

Belal Mansoor Ali
Belal Mansoor Ali
Belal Mansoor Ali is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya.He was born John Yego on October 17, 1988 in Kenya. A lot of controversy has surrounded his age, starting when he won the 1500 metres race at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in...
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...
Mushir Salem Jawher (until 2007)
Yusuf Saad Kamel
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis is a long-distance runner now representing Bahrain after his switch from Kenya.According to Bahraini officials, he was born Hosea Kosgei on 12 February 1989 in Kenya. Like fellow Bahraini runners Belal Mansoor Ali and Tareq Mubarak Taher, his age is surrounded by controversy...
Rashid Ramzi
Rashid Ramzi
Rashid Ramzi is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Games and was stripped of his gold medal for doping.Ramzi was born in Asfi, Morocco...
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto is a long distance runner now representing Qatar. Shebto was recruited along with other African runners.His special distance is 3000 metres steeplechase, a distance in which he competed at the 2005 World Championships.-External links:...
Tareq Mubarak Taher
Tareq Mubarak Taher
Tareq Mubarak Taher, born as Dennis Kipkurui Sang , is a middle distance runner who represents Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. His special distance is the 3000 metres steeplechase...

Governorates of Bahrain

Governorates of Bahrain
Governorates of Bahrain
Bahrain is split into five governorates. These governorates are:- Former municipalities :Bahrain was formerly split into twelve municipalities that were all administered from the capital city of Manama. On July 3, 2002, these were superseded by the five governorates of Bahrain...
Al Muharraq Governorate
Al Muharraq Governorate
The Muharraq Governorate is one of the five governorates of Bahrain. It is now co-extensive with the municipality of Al Muharraq and with Muharraq Island together with outlying islets...
Capital Governorate
Central Governorate
Central Governorate
The Central Governorate is one of the five governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of the former municipalities of Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, Madinat 'Isa, Sitrah and A'ali....
Northern Governorate
Northern Governorate
The Northern Governorate is one of the five governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of the former municipalities of Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah al Shamaliyah, Jidd Haffs and Madinat Hamad....
Southern Governorate
Southern Governorate
The Southern Governorate is the largest of the five governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of Bahrain's old municipalities - Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, and Juzur Hawar...

Regions of Bahrain

Al Gharbiyah Region
Al Gharbiyah Region
Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah was a municipality of Bahrain in the western part of the country. Its territory is now in the Northern and Southern Governorates.- See also :* Al Gharbiyah...
Al Wusta Region (Bahrain)
Al Wusta Region (Bahrain)
Al Mintaqah al Wusta was a municipality of Bahrain in the northern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Central and Northern Governorates....
Ash Shamaliyah Region
Ash Shamaliyah Region
Al-Mintaqah ash-Shamaliyah was an administrative region of Bahrain in the northern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Northern Governorate....

Tourism in Bahrain

Tourism in Bahrain
Tourism in Bahrain
Bahrain receives two million tourists a year. Most visitors are from Arab states of the Persian Gulf but there are an increasing number of tourists from outside the region....
Arad Fort
Arad Fort
Arad Fort is a 15th century fort in Arad, Bahrain. Arad Fort was built in the typical style of Islamic forts during the 15th century A.D. before the Portuguese invasion of Bahrain in 1622 A.D. This fort is one of the compact defensive forts in Bahrain. In its present location, it overlooks various...
Bab Al Bahrain
Bab Al Bahrain
Bab Al Bahrain means Gateway of Bahrain. It is located in the Customs Square in Manama's former central business district and marks the main entrance to the Manama souq. Designed by Sir Charles Belgrave, adviser to the Emir and completed in 1945, Bab Al Bahrain once stood close to the water's edge...
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain Grand Prix
The Bahrain Grand Prix is a Formula One Championship race which first took place at the Bahrain International Circuit on 4 April 2004.The Bahrain Grand Prix, sponsored by Gulf Air, made history as the first Formula One Grand Prix to be held in the Middle East...
Barbar temple
Barbar temple
The Barbar Temple is an archaeological site located in the village of Barbar, Bahrain, and considered to be part of the Dilmun culture. The most recent of the three Barbar temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954. A further two temples were discovered on the site with the...
Dilmun Burial Mounds
Dilmun Burial Mounds
The Dilmun Burial Mounds is a necropolis in Bahrain dating back to the Dilmun era.A Danish group was excavating the capital city of the Bronze Age when they opened some tumuli and discovered items dating to around 4100 - 3700 BP of the same culture...
First Oil Well, Bahrain
First Oil Well, Bahrain
As its name suggests, it is the first oil well in the Persian Gulf and is located in Bahrain. The well is situated below Jebel Dukhan. It was operated by Bahrain Petroleum Company. Oil first spurted from this well on 16 October 1931, and the well finally began to blow heads of oil on the morning of...
Qal'at al-Bahrain
Qal'at al-Bahrain
The Qal'at al-Bahrain The Qal'at al-Bahrain The Qal'at al-Bahrain (in , also known as the Bahrain Fort or Fort of Bahrain and previously as the Portugal Fort (Qal'at al Portugal) is an archaeological site located in Bahrain...
Riffa Fort
Riffa Fort
Built as a fort during the reign of the Persian Safavid Empire of Iran over Bahrain during the 17th century, the fort was converted into a residence in the 18th century for Sh.Salman Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, in 1812, Riffa Fort or it is now named , in the Kingdom of Bahrain offers a splendid view...

Visitor attractions in Bahrain

List of visitor attractions in Bahrain

Transportation in Bahrain

Transport in Bahrain
Transport in Bahrain
Transport in Bahrain.Bahrain has one of the lowest gas prices in the world, at $0.78 per gallon .- Road transport :* Bahrain changed from driving on the left to driving on the right in 1968.- International highways :...

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