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March 20, 2021
Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, president of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, has been named as a member to the steering committee for the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
As a member of the committee, Shaikha Mai will help select an independent master jury which, in turn, selects the award recipients from the nominated projects.
It is also responsible for establishing the eligibility criteria for project nominations, providing thematic direction to the award, and developing plans for its long-term future.
She is the founder of the Sheikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research, an NGO established in Muharraq in 2002. Since it’s opening, it has helped conserve and rehabilitate over 25 traditional Bahraini houses and spearheaded urban regeneration in the historic city.
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The Food is Culture 6 festival opened yesterday, connecting culinary and art while giving connoisseurs of art and taste a unique flavour of music.
The experimental project, as in its previous editions, ensures this time also a creative collaboration of chefs and artists.
Kickstarted yesterday at the Bahrain National Museum, the festival, now in its sixth iteration, allowed spectators to taste the recipes created while marvelling at some original musical renditions.
Farah Matar, Director of the Culture and Arts Department at the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, was present at the opening ceremony.
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Until recently, it was impossible to journey the entirety of Bahrain’s Pearling Path on foot.
The serial Unesco World Heritage Site was disconnected from the coastline via a highway, but that has now changed with the opening of a new pedestrian bridge.
Now, it’s possible for visitors to walk continuously from the coastline of Bu Maher – the last remaining coastline of Muharraq – to Halat bu Maher, and then along the rest of the 3.5-kilometre pathway, taking in all 17 heritage houses and the fort that make up this vast site. Three oyster beds in Bahrain’s northern waters are also part of the trail.