My beautiful Bahrain
Subtitle: a collection of short stories and poetry about life and living in the Kingdom of Bahrain
By: compiled and edited by Robin Barratt
Contributors: Barratt, Robin, editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Miracle Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789990137477
Subjects: Poetry; Fiction; Social life and customs; Description and travel
Description: Bahrain is beautiful, for many reasons--but it is mainly beautiful, in my eyes, because it is a country that embraces.The historical and cultural metamorphosis of this island is reflected in the aggregate of identities, accents and mini-cultures. Like the pearl, Bahrain has many layers and that only further adds to its lustre. The past attests to its present and the future is silent in waiting for its becoming--Nawf T. Al-Bassam.
Notes: Short stories.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; The Bahrain Writers' Circle; Epigraph; Glossary of Foreign Terms; My Beautiful Bahrain; Introduction; The Birth of a Pearl; A Backward Glance; Bahrain: Minarets and Palm Trees; The Journey Home; From Another Country; My Beautiful Bahrain, My Beautiful Anywhere; My Beautiful Bahrain; My Beautiful, Lovely, Exasperating, Expatriate Bahrain; Land Of The Living; Snapshots From an Island; Images of My Beloved Bahrain; Bahrain; title: Architecture and Environs; New Beginnings; Bahrain; title: A Culinary Oasis; Pearls. East, West, North and SouthThe Little Pearl Merchant; This Land Is Mine; Visiting Old Bahrain; The Baker of Manama; The Two Seas; Ali and the Hummer; Beautiful Bahrain; Protection; Bahrain is the Best; Hijab and Traditional Dress; Bokhara or Bust; Love's Gift; My Pearl; Hoora; The Embrace; The Village Clock, A'ali; The Mystery of Bahrain; The Arab Horse; My Bahrain My Home; Manama Suq; title: A Cultural Feast For The Senses; The Rare Bird of Bahrain; Sailors Come, Sailors Go; How The Pearl Got Its Lustre; Growing Up in Bahrain; Strange Place; Saar Surrenders its Secrets; Breathing Lessons; Bahrain. A Newbie!My Prince, My Princess; Pearl Epiphanies; Memories of My Life in Bahrain; Last Random Thoughts; End Matter; Biographies of Contributors; Acknowledgements and Sources.