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Gulf Weekly STYLE GIRL

Blogger Reem Mohamed BuQais put her flair for fashion and originality to the test in a design competition, winning the accolade of being voted Bahrain’s ‘top stylist’ as well as the chance to exhibit her creations in a local boutique.

June 5 - 11, 2013
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Local News
Gulf Weekly Creativity is on display

Creativity is on display

‘WhatsInaName’ is a new collection by Goan artist Arthur D’Souza, known for his creative experimentation and the use of new techniques and materials. 

June 5 - 11, 2013
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Business News
Gulf Weekly We’re cleaning up!

We’re cleaning up!

Leading bug-busting company Reza Hygiene Bahrain hopes to clean up when it comes to keeping businesses and homes spotless. This follows an exclusive tie-up with a leading European manufacturer of state-of-the-art cleaning equipment … plus a high-tech solution to servicing.

June 5 - 11, 2013
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Gulf Weekly More Leading bug-busting company Reza Hygiene Bahrain hopes to clean up when it comes to keeping businesses and homes spotless. This follows an exclusive tie-up with a leading European manufacturer of state-of-the-art cleaning equipment … plus a high-tech solution to servicing.



TV Weekly
Gulf Weekly Jon Cryer to be the last original man standing in new season

Jon Cryer to be the last original man standing in new season

HIT comedy series Two and a Half Men may soon have to change its name following the introduction of a new female character.

June 5 - 11, 2013
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Gulf Weekly More HIT comedy series Two and a Half Men may soon have to change its name following the introduction of a new female character.










Golf Scene
Gulf Weekly Bunker tip from a hall-of-famer

Bunker tip from a hall-of-famer

AS reported on this page, golf recently lost one of its recent Hall of Fame inductees, Ken Venturi. I can still hear the ‘Venturisms’, you know the ones like: ‘If he had just hit the ball harder he would have gotten it to the hole’.


June 5 - 11, 2013
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Techtronic Specials
Gulf Weekly Verified accounts for Facebook users

Verified accounts for Facebook users

Social networking site Facebook has introduced new ‘verified accounts’, to protect the reputations of celebrities, athletes, and other public figures and agencies.


June 5 - 11, 2013
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Travel Weekly
Gulf Weekly It’s only BD5,000 a night, but I like it!

It’s only BD5,000 a night, but I like it!

IT’S hip and happening, it’s cool, man. I’m sure those were the terms used to describe the Café Royal by the fashionable in-crowd of the swinging Sixties when Mick Jagger and his Rolling Stones bandmates were swaggering around town at the start of their epic journey into rock ‘n’ roll folklore.


June 5 - 11, 2013
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Motoring Weekly
Gulf Weekly Popular SUV revamp

Popular SUV revamp

Jeep has updated the Grand Cherokee for 2014 with a new engine, transmission, and a host of other impressive features.

June 5 - 11, 2013
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Eating Out
Gulf Weekly Chicken that’s PERi-PERi good

Chicken that’s PERi-PERi good

Diners are flocking to Nando’s newest outlet, located in Zayed Town, to dip their beaks in a selection of signature chicken dishes.


June 5 - 11, 2013
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Film Weekly
Gulf Weekly Off trek with sequel

Off trek with sequel

I remember the feeling I had when I watched Star Trek in 2009. I was expecting drivel but experienced a burst of exhilaration instead. Although I was never a massive fan of the TV series, the film couldn’t have surprised me any more than it did.


June 5 - 11, 2013
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Sports News
Gulf Weekly NOOR’S NIGHT OF glory

NOOR’S NIGHT OF glory

ACE goalkeeper Dana Noor showed her strikers how to finish the job by stepping up to slot home from the spot before making a crucial save in a sudden death cup final penalty shoot-out.


June 5 - 11, 2013
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Health Weekly
Gulf Weekly Vitamin C to the rescue

Vitamin C to the rescue

Vitamin C can kill multi-drug-resistant TB in the lab, scientists have found. The surprise discovery may point to a new way of tackling the increasingly hard-to-treat infection, the US study authors from Yeshiva University say in Nature Communications.


June 5 - 11, 2013
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