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Bahrain Summer Festival

August 19 - 25 , 2020
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Gulf Weekly Bahrain Summer Festival

Gulf Weekly Mai Al Khatib-Camille
By Mai Al Khatib-Camille

Wednesday, August 19

Vocal Trash Virtual Concert (USA)

Quintet band Vocal Trash, inspires youth to make sustainable choices using its mixture of popular music and dance, raising awareness about the environment as well as social issues like bullying.

 

Thursday, August 20

Bu Maher Fort and Pearling Path (Tour)

Discover one of Bahrain’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites, with a virtual tour of the Bu Maher Fort and the Pearling Path visitor centre.

 

Friday, August 21

White Crow (Jordan)

This play is a twist on the preconceptions around crows and doves. A crow poses as a dove to steal wheat and is discovered for its false colour and abhorrent voice.

 

Masouda the Turtle (Story)

Narrated by Eman Alghawas, this story tells the tale of Masouda who makes a collection of healthy non-potato chips, using carrots, beets, yams and zucchini, for her father, who doesn’t like the colour yellow.

 

Saturday, August 22

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza

Using only basic baking materials and an oven, Chef Sara will teach children how to make a chocolate chip cookie pizza. We, at GulfWeekly, just hope there is no cheese or tomato involved!

 

Fitness

Learn corrective movement techniques as well as an all-ages fitness regiment from biokineticist Johan Estehuizen.

 

Sunday, August 23

Upin & Ipin: Syawal is Here (Malaysia)

Follow the antics of Upin, Ipin and their friends as they spend yet another Ramadan together, capping it off with an extra-special Eid celebration and learn about Malaysian cultural elements like dodol.

 

Monday, August 24

String Print on Butterfly (Workshop)

Conducted by Noor Hasan, this all-ages workshop will help you make artworks using paint covered strings.

 

Magnet-making (Workshop)

Assemble magnets using personal pictures and residual seeds in the workshop conducted by Noor.

 

Tuesday, August 25

Paper Restoration (Workshop)

Learn about how paper is restored and the importance of preserving beautiful and valuable papers in this all-ages workshop

 

First Aid for Artefacts (Workshop)

Held in collaboration with Enkiru children’s club, this workshop will help you discover how artefacts are saved from decay and protected from their surrounding environmental conditions.







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