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Book Club

July 1- 7, 2015
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BOOK OF THE WEEK with Linda Jennings. The Stranger, Harlan Coben, ISBN 9781409144649 (Hachette) BD7.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members





An ‘app’ way to bag a bargain!

July 1- 7, 2015
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BARGAIN hunters who enjoy scouring through Amani’s amazing deals in GulfWeekly every week can now also check out the latest offers with the help of an app created by a Bahraini entrepreneur.





Bulging bags of kindness!

July 1- 7, 2015
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READERS have rallied round with donations of piles of useful clothes which will help desperate Syrian families living in makeshift camps in countries surrounding their war-torn homeland.





Tasty treats to break your fast

July 1- 7, 2015
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Assistant Editor Nawaar Farooq recently attended a Bangladeshi National Day event at the Diplomat Radisson Blu in Manama with her family and ended up cooking up a treat for a show called Morur Iftar (Iftar in the lands of the sand) being produced by Bangladeshi national television channel RTV which is being aired during the holy month.





Morag from Manama

July 1- 7, 2015
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Since moving to Bahrain, a strange phenomenon has occurred. Our families’ waistlines have expanded, including the dogs!