MEMORIES of Ramadan during her growing up years feature in a fabulous collection of fashion ware and poignant posters produced with a commercial twist by creative Weaam Sperinck.
Children dressed in colourful traditional clothes flocked to City Centre Bahrain last night to sing, dance, play and collect goodie bags full of treats as part of the mall’s memorable annual Gergaoun celebrations.
The need for change in golf appears to be accepted with the sport’s governing body, the R&A, somewhat belatedly, considering changes to the rules designed to make the game more attractive, speed up play and encourage wider participation.
I almost feel sorry for Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, because he will be absolutely heartbroken after his nightmare display in the Champions League Final 3-1 defeat to Spanish giants Real Madrid and it will affect him for the rest of his career.
Stanley and Pamela Henderson-Monsef married in Bahrain in 2012 after meeting and falling in love in Hamala. Stanley is British, born in the Scottish city of Dundee before following his mother’s lead and becoming a Londoner. Pamela is originally from South Island, New Zealand, then resettled on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Both aged 68, Stanley, a civil engineer by training, is now director of operations and a training instructor for a lifting equipment services company based in Saudi Arabia. Pamela has a degree in education and taught mathematics at a national school in Bahrain for 15 years.
THE sign has gone up and the building and contents are taking shape at one of the most eagerly-awaited stores in the kingdom as IKEA, famous for its ready to-assemble furniture, gets set for its opening this summer.
For the first time I’m struggling over whether to write about the food or concentrate on the venue, such is the excellence of this year’s holy month offerings at The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain.
ENVIOUS players get to walk past a series of boards proclaiming a list of golfers who have secured a holein-one over the years at one of the most challenging courses in the region … and often dream that one day their name will be added to the role of honour.
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo steadied his nerve when victory threatened to escape him again as he overcame a significant midrace power loss to win the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday.
In the UK, England to be exact, the government’s inspector of schools, Ofsted, which is the equivalent of the BQA in Bahrain has recently made a bold statement. Luke Tryl, one of its directors, went on record to say that they don’t actually know if schools previously rated as ‘Outstanding’ actually still were.
