Bahrain, officially theKingdom of Bahrain, is anisland country inWest Asia. Situated on thePersian Gulf, it comprises a smallarchipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33artificial islands, centred onBahrain Island, which makes up around 83 percent of the country's landmass. Bahrain is situated betweenQatar and the northeastern coast ofSaudi Arabia, to which it is connected by theKing Fahd Causeway. The population is 1,588,670 as of 2024, of whom 739,736 (46.6% of the population) are Bahraini nationals, and 848,934 are expatriates (53.4% of the population). Bahrain spans some 760 square kilometres (290 sq mi) and is thethird-smallest nation in Asia afterMaldives andSingapore. The capital and largest city isManama.
Born in the village ofBani Jamra, al-Jamri became aHussainikhatib (Shia preacher) after finishing primary school. At the age of 21, he began his Islamic studies, first in Bahrain and later in thereligious institute ofAl Najaf,Iraq, where he remained for 11 years. He returned to Bahrain in 1973 and waselected to the newly formedparliament. The parliament was dissolved two years later by the Emir,Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, after it had rejected theState Security Law. In 1977, al-Jamri was appointed as a judge at the High Religious Court of Bahrain. He held the position until 1988, when he was briefly arrested due to his criticism of the government. (Full article...)
Image 24Bahrain province before Independence, was simultaneously part of Iran, a British protectorate whilst at the same time it was ruled "locally" by the Al-Khalifa tribe. (fromHistory of Bahrain)
Image 25King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa meets American presidentDonald Trump in May 2017 (fromBahrain)
Image 38Bahrain is the eleventh most water-stressed country in the world. (fromBahrain)
Image 39Over 100,000 of Bahrainis taking part in the "March of Loyalty to Martyrs", honoring political dissidents killed by security forces, on 22 February. (fromHistory of Bahrain)
Image 60The emirIsa bin Salman Al Khalifa heads the opening session of the first conference on the formation of a union of the Gulf emirates in February 1968. (fromHistory of Bahrain)
... that as part ofBahrainization, the Bahraini government prohibited foreigners from driving taxis?
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... that Bahraini authorFatema Al Harbi, the first non-government Bahraini to visit Israel, faced death threats upon her return to Bahrain?
... that hurdlerAhmed Hamada was the Bahraini flagbearer for two Olympic Games – sixteen years apart?
... that the 2021 filmWest Side Story was banned in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, likely due to thetransgender character Anybodys?
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