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SCHOOLS' RACE DATE CLASH WOE - AGAIN!

SCHOOLS' RACE DATE CLASH WOE - AGAIN!

CHILDREN attending some of Bahrain's leading schools are set to miss out once more on the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix ... because the big race day ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
Björn again

Björn again

Björn Näf, who turns 43 today, is an optimistic leader determined to succeed and turn around

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
Top students are honoured

Top students are honoured

FIVE top pupils of Al Noor School received their All India Secondary School Examination certificates.

The students completed the Central B ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
Hijab is not a fashion statement

Hijab is not a fashion statement

The veil, or better known as the 'hijab', has been a part of the Islamic and Arabian culture for a long time.

In my opinion many Westerne ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
Bahrain date ends speculation

Bahrain date ends speculation

Next year's Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix will take place on April 19 according to the provisional FIA Formula One World Championship calendar issu ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
Race on to change school term start

Race on to change school term start

Bahrain will still be the focal point of the sporting world on April 17-18-19, 2009 and this is a supreme opportunity to demonstrate that we have ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
'Body' is a beaut for the girls!

'Body' is a beaut for the girls!

THE_2008-09 edition of The Body Bahrain, which offers hundreds of 'buy-one-get-one-free' incentives, has just been released.

The Body Bahra ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
The brain games are back

The brain games are back

THE first-ever Arab World Memory Championships are to be staged in the kingdom this August and the top participants will be invited to test their ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
Send us a photograph and win a job

Send us a photograph and win a job

GulfWeekly is today launching a photographic contest - and the top prize is a JOB!

We are creating a trainee news and sport photographer's ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
To cover up or not to cover up? That is 
the question

To cover up or not to cover up? That is the question

A young woman passes in a sleeveless shirt and a knee-length skirt, her hair flowing down her back.

Another woman of the same age follows ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
Obama aims to touch base in
Bahrain

Obama aims to touch base in Bahrain

Barack Obama is considering visiting Bahrain in the near future during a tour of the Middle East as part of his campaign to become the US Preside ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
She's got a ticket to ride - in style

She's got a ticket to ride - in style

THE_moment airline passengers arrive in the kingdom they can step out of the concourse and into a limousine for a ride back home or to the office ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Local News
A star is born

A star is born

Bahraini designer Walla Al Alawi has launched a new collection and set up her own store in the kingdom.

Her new designs are available exclu ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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TV Weekly
Time-traveller's
notebook drama

Time-traveller's notebook drama

JOURNEYMAN is a romantic mystery-drama about a San Francisco newspaper reporter and family man, Dan Vasser, who inexplicably begins to travel thr ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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TV Weekly
An iconic new breed of spy

An iconic new breed of spy

Burn Notice - When spies get fired, they don't get a letter from human resources.

They get BURNED...

The action/spy genre gets a ref ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Sport
LET HIM GO!

LET HIM GO!

A backdrop to this year's European Championships in Austria and Switzerland has been the 'will he stay, will he go?' saga surrounding Cristiano R ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Sport
What's so great about new Speedo swimsuit?

What's so great about new Speedo swimsuit?

It's a swimsuit so revolutionary that one athlete has claimed that it makes you feel like you're "swimming downhill". And, since it was launched ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Sport
Spanish flair does the trick

Spanish flair does the trick

Recall the 2006 World Cup soccer final for a moment. Or the 2007 cricket World Cup final, if you like. If it's too tiring to go so far back, just ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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TV Weekly
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Wednesday (July 2)Film - Goya's Ghost on Super Movies at 11pm

This is a larger-than-life historical epic, as seen through the eyes of fete ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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TV Weekly
Watch out for it: New series on America Plus

Watch out for it: New series on America Plus

Orbit subscribers will soon have new entertainment to look forward to with the arrival of three new series. Start dates will be announced shortly ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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Travel Weekly
Hitler tours a big hit

Hitler tours a big hit

Visiting tourists can't get enough of Adolf Hitler tours in Munich, the southern German city where the dictator nurtured his Nazi Party and, 10 ye ...

July 2 - 8, 2008
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