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Thursday (July 1)
The CinŽ-club at the Alliance Franaise Bahrain in Isa Town will showcase the movie Vers le Sud at 7.30pm. The 2005 film is directed by Laurent Cantet and stars Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, Meriem Serbah and Abel Jafri and tells the story about three female tourists who have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti. The movie is in French with English subtitles. For details contact 17683295.
The executive committee of the Indian Medical Association Bahrain Chapter (IMA) is hosting an event t the Sheraton Hotel in Manama from 9pm to celebrate 'Doctor's Day'. Dr S A Azeez Pasha, deputy chairman and senior consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology at Salmaniya Medical Complex, will speak at the event which will also felicitate Dr Azad Moopen, chairman of the Moopens Group and a recipient of the prestigious Indian award - Pravasi Bhartiya Samman. For details contact 39638893 or 36386678.
Saturday (July 3)
Art exhibition 'Pieces of Me' by artist Arthur D'souza ends tonight at 9pm at the Qal'at Al Bahrain Site Museum. Using a technique he refers to as 'positively paper', Arthur creates his artworks with positive film and coloured paper layered between two sheets of glass, one between the paper fragments and positive film and another on top. For more details contact the artist on 39623381 or email arthurthemonk@gmail.com
Sunday (July 4)
Al Riwaq Art Space in Adliya is hosting a programme for young Bahraini artists every Sunday and Wednesday. The group will consist of seven artists and go through a series of seminars / workshops. Participating students are Rashid Al Arafi, Ahmed Al Mannai, Salman Al Najem, Noor Al Alawi, Khadija Al A'ali, Muneera Al Sindi, Alia Al Alawi, Masooma Al Noaimi, Arwa Abdullah, Aysha Al Khalifa, Tamadher Ali, Mohammed Hussain Al Mahdi, Ibrahim Azzam, Mahmood Al Shargawi, Yosra Al Banna. The instructors include William Wells (director of Townhouse Gallery), Balqees Fakhro, Camille Zakharia, Waheeda Malullah and Maha Al Sahaf. For details contact 17717441 or email info@alriwaqartspace.com
Monday (July 5)
Free advice and tips on how to save children from drowning with child/infant CPR demonstrations will be held at 10am, noon, 2pm and 4pm today and tomorrow by registered nurses, midwives and first aid instructors at the Layla Garden squash court in Saar. The compound is opposite Al Mahd Day Boarding School. First aid kits and re-fill supplies will be on sale at discounted prices and refreshments will be available. For further details contact Pam Kamal on 36732223
