Gulf Weekly

1 week ago | gulfweekly.com | Naman Arora

In honour of the unsung heroes behind the iconic landscapes of The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain (RCB), the five-star property’s management team held an appreciation ceremony last Wednesday to celebrate its gardening team. Selected guests and media professionals were invited to join the celebration, which included a tour of the breathtaking property as well as a ceremony in honour of the 45-person crew.

1 week ago | gulfweekly.com | Naman Arora

Motorsport maverick Faten Amin, the first Bahraini woman in a host of top organising roles in the sport, has taken her journey off-road with her collection of unique Lego F1 sets. The 39-year-old Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) digital content executive is blending her love for the sport with her relatively recent hobby of Lego set-building.

2 weeks ago | gulfweekly.com | Naman Arora

A new Hindi-language theatrical play centred on the resilience and ambition within each of us as well as the importance of community and friendship is set to take centre stage later this month. Daadi Ma Ka Putla (Hindi: The effigy of grandmother) will be staged on May 16 at 7pm at the Cultural Hall in Manama, located near the Bahrain National Museum. “This story was inspired by the everyday determination of ordinary people,” writer and director Anupam Ramesh Kinger told GulfWeekly.

4 weeks ago | gulfweekly.com | Naman Arora

Bahrain-raised filmmaker Maryam Mir’s stories feel like memories passed between generations across dinner tables, shared prayers and oceans. And with her short film Sweet Refuge streaming soon on AMC+, as well as her Pillars Artist Fellowship just wrapped, the Brooklyn-based Kashmiri-Canadian is part of a growing wave of filmmakers expanding the landscape of storytelling from the region. “Growing up in Bahrain, I used to watch Hollywood and Bollywood films with my family,” she told GulfWeekly.

1 month ago | gulfweekly.com | Stan Szecowka

It is so exciting to welcome back one of Bahrain’s favourite dining destinations to the kingdom’s highly competitive Friday Brunch scene … and even more thrilling to report that the Sheraton Bahrain Hotel dishes up a different dining experience full of five-star fabulousness.