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All set for open day

April 5 -11, 2017
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MUSICAL maestro and dramatic arts impresario Lydia Martin has been on the move again … opening a new venue in Saar which she hopes will inspire even more performers in Bahrain.





Big band makes a noise

April 5 -11, 2017
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Woodwind teacher Paul Bagshaw is getting into the swing of things in preparation for a school’s upcoming summer ball and is calling on the kingdom’s musicians to blow the cobwebs away and sign up to make music together.





Workshops and award-winners

April 5 -11, 2017
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The kingdom’s leading photographers will be staging a series of lectures and workshops at next week’s festival to attract youngsters and amateurs to the art of taking a great picture by focusing on lighting, composition and other elements.





How a lens helped nurture confidence

April 5 -11, 2017
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PHOTOGRAPHER Shaikha Hanan bint Hassan Al Khalifa aims to inspire youngsters to pick up a camera by sharing her life behind the lens at an inaugural festival celebrating the images taken by some of the kingdom’s most talented snappers.





Triple triumph

April 5 -11, 2017
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The Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain has notched a prestigious travel industry award for the third time in a row. It picked up its hat-trick of trophies after being voted Best Airport Hotel in the Middle East by international travellers.





Double delight

April 5 -11, 2017
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Bahrain’s finest hospitality connoisseurs are enjoying the sweet taste of success after scooping prestigious prizes at the 2017 Food and Travel GCC Awards.





All set to unite and celebrate the kingdom

April 5 -11, 2017
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The kingdom will be united on Friday as embassies, clubs, societies, organisations and directorates come together to celebrate the island as one harmonious community at the Bahrain for All, All for Bahrain Festival.





Delivering top doctor home!

April 5 -11, 2017
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Women across the island are rejoicing following the return of one of the health sector’s most respected obstetrics and gynecology specialists.