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Bahrain's Spring of Culture

March 19 - 25, 2008
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March 18 Bahraini artist Jabbar Al Ghaddban is holding an art exhibition at the Bahrain Arts Society in Budaiya at 7pm. The exhibition titled 'Women and girls of Bahrain' will feature 35 works of art by the artist. For details contact 39333415.

March 18, 19

Wild Jujubes, an emotional dance drama, will take place at the Culture Hall from 8pm. It is a tragic love story of Wild Jujube, the heroine who falls in love with a young apprentice and takes place in the years between the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. For details contact 39900630.

March 21, 22

JUMP, a martial arts performance fuses the ancient Korean fighting art of Tae-kwon-do with other Asian martial arts, blended with acrobatics and fine comic acting will take place at the Arad fort from 7pm. The show centres round a typical Korean family - authoritarian grandfather, indulgent father, crazy uncle, beautiful daughter, nerdy son-in-law and tae-kwon-do chopping mother. For details contact 39900630.

March 22, 23

Film Sceening of 'Voices of Arab Women' from 11am to 8pm. The programme will be curated by 'Mosaic', a group of individuals that are dedicated to promote performing arts and film in the region. The team consists of Hussain Al-Riffaei, Salman Al-Oraibi and Rafed Al-Mannai. The event will screen a number of films that will range from short experimental films to longer feature ones by and about Arab women. For details contact 39900630.

March 23

Chinese Little Wood martial arts group will perform at the Culture Hall from 8pm. The group has succeeded in developing and promoting martial arts to showcase exceptional human strength and discipline combining it with music, high-tech lighting and state of the art stage setting. For details contact 39900630.

March 24-April 4

Iraqi sculptor Ahmed Albahrani is holding his exhibition at the Albareh Art Gallery in Adliya from 7pm. Albahrani will showcase his new venture of experimenting with chairs and bicycle sculptures. For details contact 39900630.

March 24

Mohamed bin Essa will speak on 'Culture is the Fodder for Sustained Development' at the Shaikh Ebrahim Center from 8pm. Mohamed bin Essa has worked as a cultural attachŽ in diplomatic circles of various countries for twelve years. For details contact 39900630.

March 26

Mai Al Khalifa Book Launch at the Shaikh Ebrahim Centre at 8pm. Mohammed Bin Khalifa - The Myth and Corresponding History, translated into English by Dr Mohamed Khuzai, is a narrative covered in three volumes. The first volume contains a summary of the modern history of Bahrain, the story of its people, their relation to the sea and their struggle against foreign colonialists and their neighbours. For details contact 39900630.







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