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What fabulous news on the cover of last week’s GulfWeekly revealing that the MRI machine had finally been delivered to Salmaniya Medical Complex and will soon be up-and-running offering state-of-the-art cancer diagnosis equipment to the people living in Bahrain.

I have been impressed with your support and thorough coverage of breast cancer awareness campaigns and the Think Pink fundraising initiative and recall reading a most moving letter written by a local teenager about the loss of his mother to breast cancer and how he wished she had sought treatment earlier, published several years ago.

The message, now championed by Think Pink, remains the same, women must check for those signs of the disease as an early diagnosis can lead to successful treatment.

This machine will be yet another vital tool in a battle for life which touches so many families. Well done everyone, particularly Think Pink founder, Jules.

A survivor, name & address supplied.

Editor’s note: The letter referred to above, published in 2007, was written by Ismaeel Rashid Na’ar, who was 16 at the time. He was a student at the Modern Knowledge School and lived in East Riffa with his father Rashid Na’ar, an aircraft dispatcher at Bahrain Airport Services, twin brother Abdulrahman and younger sister Ameena.

Mrs Zenaida, a beloved wife and mother passed away on March 14, aged 49.

Ismaeel went on to be GulfWeekly’s Youth Talk columnist before going to university and carving out a career as a journalist. He now works for Al Arabiya English.

As the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, we would like to express our gratitude to all who have showed support to the Turkish public after the hateful attacks that took place on June 28 at Istanbul Ataturk Airport.

We would also kindly inform the public that right after the hateful attack all the necessary security measures were taken by the state’s security forces and that the airport is open to air traffic and all services are continuing.

Salih Ozer,
Attaché of Culture and Information, Turkey.