Photography Archive

  • Ali Bahar.. The Masterclass in Bahraini Music (3)

    Ali Bahar.. The Masterclass in Bahraini Music (3)

    Last year (haha!) I wrote a couple of posts about Ali Bahar and his band The Brothers, and this is obviously a continuation of that series.The reason I’m writing this is because I went to see them live on New Years Eve at the Marina...

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  • Flamingoes of Jau

    Flamingoes of Jau

    Making good use of our very long holiday, I took my camera and drove to the Southeast of Bahrain to the tiny seaside towns of Askar and Jau and took a few photographs of the local flamingo population. They are such beautiful and graceful creatures, and it saddens...

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  • For The Love of ‘Oud’

    For The Love of ‘Oud’

    I was very fortunate to go see the opening of the 16th Bahrain International Music Festival by the Mohammed bin Faris Group.This is the second time I have seen them, and it was a wonderful performance directed by Jamal Al-Saghir better known for his acting on many...

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  • Majlis Yaqoob bin Darrajj (1)..The Pics

    Majlis Yaqoob bin Darrajj (1)..The Pics

    A couple of young men playing the Bahraini traditional game ‘Dama’ During the last few days of Ramadan, I visited one of the few remaining outdoor traditional majliss’ near my house where many of the men, young and old, come together to sit down,chat and play...

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  • Mohammed bin Faris Band: The beauty of Bahraini traditional music

    Mohammed bin Faris Band: The beauty of Bahraini traditional music

    Wednesday night I had the pleasure of seeing the Mohammed bin Faris band at the Cultural Hall, who are a band of young Bahrainis who specialise in traditional Bahraini musical arts such as “Sout”, “Basteh”, “Khammari” and also more contemporary Arabic music. It is a relatively large...

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