Monthly Archives: June 2013

A Chasm without Karama

Posted on 2013/06/27 by alialjamri

From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the documents, notes and correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. * * * December 21, 1921 … Continue reading →

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Apologies

Posted on 2013/06/20 by alialjamri

I have to apologies as there is no new Year of the Nationalists, as I said there would be today. A serious issue has come up regarding my research into the closing months of 1956. Particularly, large scale demonstrations against the … Continue reading →

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Foreign Affairs Committee hears witnesses on UK’s relations with Saudi and Bahrain

Posted on 2013/06/18 by alialjamri

The sixth and final session of the Foreign Affair’s Committee’s on the UK’s relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain was held today. The first witness in this session was Dr Andrew Murrison MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Security … Continue reading →

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الاستشاري البحريني الدكتور نادر دواني يروي محنته في الاعتقال: كانوا عازمين على قتلي

Posted on 2013/06/16 by alialjamri

أجرى اللقاء: علي الجمري (يونيو 2013) في مارس 2011، واجهت البحرين أزمة في مجمع السلمانية الطبي، اذ اعتقل عشرات من الأطباء والعاملين في المستشفى الذين تعرضوا للتعذيب في أخطر أزمة إنسانية بعد اندلاع انتفاضة العام 2011. الدكتور نادر دواني هو … Continue reading →

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Year of the Nationalists, Part 3: the Suez Crisis

Posted on 2013/06/13 by alialjamri

Part 2 of Year of the Nationalists can be read here. Events in Bahrain were not happening in a vacuum. The Bahraini nationalists were part of a broader movement that was taking the entire Arab world by storm. 1954, the … Continue reading →

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Year of the Nationalists, Part 2: National Union

Posted on 2013/06/06 by alialjamri

Part 1 of Year of the Nationalists can be read here. BBC report on anti-Belgrave sentiment in Bahrain After the murderous events of 11 March 1956 in the Manama souq that saw several killed and more injured, the High Executive … Continue reading →

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