Memories of Bahrain, Middle East, and sometimes beyond. From Bahrain Confidential and Gulf Insider.
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🇪🇬 🇸🇦 8th September 1959 🇪🇬 🇸🇦 King Saud of Saudi Arabia with his host, Egyptian President Jamal Abdel Nasser, at the beginning of his visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
🇧🇭1950s🇧🇭 Sheikh Salman bin Hamad, the Ruler of Bahrain, with his uncles Sheikh Mohammed bin Isa and Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa.
🇧🇭 July 2026 🇧🇭 The Avenues, a waterfront shopping center in Bahrain that spans a total area of 273,000 m² along a 1.5 km seafront corniche.
🇰🇼 c1966 🇰🇼 Kuwait police officers; Major Issa Shuaib Al Ali, Major Fouad Musaed Al Saleh, and First Lieutenant Ali Al Yaqoub, review a map of Kuwait’s streets.
c1910: Women enjoying coffee outdoors in Jerusalem, Palestine. Photograph titled ‘Afternoon Coffee’.
🇧🇭 c1960 🇧🇭 Sheikh Isa, Sheikh Khalifa, and Sheikh Mohammed, the sons of Sheikh Salman, the Ruler of Bahrain from 1942 to 1961.
🇧🇭 c1988-89 🇧🇭 Aerial view of the Bahrain National Museum and Manama’s Diplomatic Area. The museum opened in December 1988.
🇸🇦 1950s 🇸🇦 Prince Faisal, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, at his desk with one of his staff.
🇧🇭 🇶🇦 7th August 1974 🇶🇦 🇧🇭 Shaikh Isa (1933-1999), Emir of Bahrain, talks with Shaikh Khalifa (1932-2016), Emir of Qatar, at a hotel in London.
A 1873 studio photograph by Ottoman-Egyptian photographer Pascal Sébah of traditional attire from the Hejaz region (present-day Saudi Arabia) during the Ottoman Empire.
• Center (Man): A member of the Harb tribe wearing traditional Hejazi tribal garments, carrying…🧵
🇧🇭 1950s 🇧🇭 Aerial photo of the Portuguese Fort in Bahrain, seen from a British RAF plane. The area spans 4,000 years of human occupation, dating back to 2400 BC and the ancient civilization of Dilmun. The stone fortification reflects the Portuguese occupation in the 16th century
🇧🇭 Hajj Ali bin Ibrahim weaving palm fronds (jarid) in the village of Sanad, Bahrain. Based on car, right hand drive Austin 1100, photo likely taken late 1960s - early 1970s.
Photo credit @aljareesh
🇸🇦 February 1947 🇸🇦 Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (from 1933) until his accession to the throne in 1953, pictured during his travels abroad (likely in London or New York).
