Entertainment Digest Book Review The Distant Echo

Bestselling, award-winning author Val McDermid delivers her most stunning story yet in The Distant Echoan intricate, thought-provoking tale of murder and revenge. It was a winter morning in 1978, that the body of a young barmaid was discovered in the snow banks of a Scottish cemetery. The only suspects in her brutal murder were the four young men who found her: Alex Gilbey and his three best friends. With no evidence but her blood on their hands, no one was ever charged.

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Celebrity A Hair Affair

From A-list celebrities like Eva Longoria to supermodels Cindy Crawford and Twiggy to Bollywood supremo Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, the name Asgar Saboo is synonymous with cutting edge and attention grabbing hairstyles. The UK based hair maestro has worked his magic on scores of celebrities and dignitaries the world over, making the front covers of several leading fashion magazines and item publications with his showstopping and inspirational coiffures.

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Spotlight Lens Of Passion

An ardent narrator, a hardworking business student, a dedicated photographer are few adjectives that can describe the smart young face of Bahrain, Aysha Mohammed Ali Saad Aldosseri. When Bahrain This Week met Ms Aysha at one of her favorite meet out place, she was all smiles and enthusiastic to talk about her all time passion, that has made her one of the popular youths in Bahrain ­ PHOTOGRAPHY.

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Technology Week

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) revealed that GITEX Technology Week 2013 is poised to become the most successful, comprehensive edition yet in the event's 33year history.

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Technology Golive Augment your Real World

Augmented Reality (AR) is changing the way we view the world, or at least the way its users see the world. This technology is alien to common man to a great extent, and that raises the question “what is augmented reality or AR?“ Well, Augmented Reality is a live, direct or indirect; view of a real world environment whose elements are supplemented by a computer generated sensory input such as sound, graphics or GPS data. In much more simple terms, a real world environment is virtually created with all the minute little details present in real, visible to human eye.

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Gamers Unite At IGN Con Bahrain

Almost 3000 Hardcore gamers and cosplay enthusiasts from across the GCC put their skills to work as the IGN convention made its debut in the Kingdom last week. The venue also gave gamers a hands on experience of the brand new PS 4 for the first time. The convention was held for the second time in the entire Middle East in Bahrain prior to being held in Dubai for the very first time.

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Travel The Arabian Appeal of OMAN

Wadi Shab The Wadi Shab is a must-see place to visit in Oman.
`Wadi' means `dry river bed'. This gully remains dry except during the rainy season where water quickly fills it up. If you're thinking of driving in the wadis (wadi bashing), it is best to check first, for any developing thunderstorms before engaging in this activity. This is a good safety precaution to avoid the dangers of flash floods.

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Wheels & Gears 2014 Yamaha YFZ450R

The YFZ450R is the most technologically advanced sport ATV on the market today. It is simply the top of the line “racing“ level Sport ATV. It combines a high-tech, quick-revving, titanium five-valve, 449cc fuel-injected engine with a lightweight, professional-caliber cast aluminum/steel chassis. The power/chassis combination will make for a championship-winning machine time and time again. The YFZ450R is the most technologically advanced sport ATV on the market today. It is simply the top of the line “racing“ level Sport ATV.

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Zeitoun Olives

The olive is undeniably one of the most celebrated fruits of all time. Its taste, virtues and mystique have been praised in various religious texts, and have been extolled by philosophers, poets and writers down through the centuries. From the olive's place in early mythology to its current culture; its many varieties, colors, flavors and curing methods; there is so much to say about the “noble fruit“ The harvesting of olives is almost always done by hand slow, laborintensive work, usually done without mechanical devices of any kind except perhaps a rake. Olives are easily bruised and must be handled gently, especially “table olives,“ meaning those intended to be eaten as antipasti, condiments, or used in sauces as opposed to crushed into oil.

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Inside Bahrain Pearls Of Bahrain

Bahrain means “two seas“, when said there is always a picture of a pearl in our imagination. The Kingdom of Bahrain and a Lustrous Pearl is always mapped in our minds, because the impact that Bahrain Pearls, referred to as “Fish Eyes from Dilmun“ have created over the centuries in the world is more than noticeable.

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Sports A Venue For Excitement

Set up in 1971 as an offshoot of the British Club, the Bahrain Rugby Football Club has come a long way over the last three decades. In 1974, it moved to a new location near the Airport in Muharraq and then to Saar in 1977. It moved to its current location in Janabiyah during the mid-nineties.

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Wading Bird Pretty Flamingoes

If you look down at your knee you will notice that it bends backwards whereas your ankle bends forwards. Next time you see a bird, have a good look at the joint in the middle of its leg ­ do you notice that it bends forwards! This is because the joint in the middle of a bird's leg is its ankle, not its knee. Its knee is high up on the leg, usually under the feathers. Elongating the foot by placing the ankle half way up the leg is Nature's way of making a bird's leg longer, thinner and lighter, with the heavy muscles only at the top near the body.

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Inside Arabia Majlis Appropriate Venue To Meet & Greet

The Arab Culture is well known for its hospitality. The term Majlis has an important role in welcoming the guests and treating them with the most respected manner in this culture. Majlis is a term used to refer a private place where guests, usually male, are received and entertained. The house was functionally divided into two parts: usually near the entrance there was the majlis, which was also the best room in the house, a showroom of the family's wealth to the society.

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Wheels & Gears 2014 Ducati 899 Panigale

The 1199 Panigale debut of two years ago was a revolution in the superbike class, but one limited by price. The real question is, how do you bring the revolution to the largest number of potential owners? Today Ducati revealed an 899 Panigale that expresses CEO Claudio Domenicali’s underlying aim—to produce the affordable exotic. At $14,995 US for the red-with-black-wheels version, this 899 hits that target.

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Decor D'ecor Trends In Bahrain

Modern interior decorating ideas and room colors reflect trends in fashion, contemporary art and architectural design. Stylish home decorating fabrics, wallpaper patterns, interior paint colors and home accessories become more intimate nowadays, to create comfortable room color combinations for contemporary lifestyle, which is constantly changing, influenced by new technologies and economic factors. Modern room colors give homes safe, special and unique feel. Rich interior paint colors add chic to modern interiors. Pleasant decorating fabrics, wallpaper patterns, interior paint colors, home accessories and furniture bring comfortable luxury, a sense of security and elegance into modern interior design trends.

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Celebrity Starry-Eyed Surprise

A Bahrain-based Saudi film pioneer could be in line to bag an Oscar nomination, becoming the first woman from the country for doing so. Haifaa Al Mansour, director of the first Saudi feature film Wadjda, has already received several international awards for her movie. She is also Saudi’s first woman filmmaker.

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Travel Magical Morocco

Cook a tagine in Essaouira The laid-back beach town of Essaouira is the perfect spot to learn how to prepare a tasty Moroccan tagine, a flavoursome stew slow cooked in a conicalshaped dish also called a tagine, cleverly designed to seal in the spicy fragrances.

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Business Man With A Passion For Poetry Business Man With A Passion For Poetry

Managing a cutting-edge logistics firm and coming up with a few stirring stanzas are all in a day's work for Ebrahim Al Hawaji. The man behind Saudi's Skynet Worldwide Express has led a life that has, to put it poetically, taken on many shades. Initially concerned with refining oil, Mr Ebrahim, the entrepreneur as well as poet, had to wait a good four decades before he could find his forte in the realm of shipping. The group had purchased Orient Express previously.

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Musical Days Back In Bahrain

Bahrain International Music Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture under the ‘Manama: Capital of Arab Tourism for 2013’ program is happening on the month of October 20 – 25 this year. The venue for the program will be the Bahrain National Theatre and the Bahrain Cultural Hall. Harmonizing the in-house musical talents and gathering musicians from around the globe, Bahrain International Music Festival is having its 22nd anniversary making a veritable platform for the artists this year. The Crazy Opera from Lebanon, which is a wonderful fusion of classical opera arias and distinctive Arab Beats, will be held at the Bahrain National Theatre. All the other musical shows will be held at the Bahrain Cultural Hall.

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Winter Is In, So Are Illnesses

Winter is almost here in the Middle East. It is the season of ginger tea and brewing coffee. It is also a season of diseases, as can be seen from the increase in the number of people visiting doctors. And the approaching winter season calls for cautious approach with regard to one’s health. During winter the body heat usually experiences a drop as the environment cools. At the same time the body is adjusting to the new climate. A seasonal change in the weather has a direct impact on our body function and it takes a while to get accustomed to the change, which makes body prone to infections.

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Inside Arabia Gahwa `Arabiyah Arabic Coffee

Gahwa is Arabian coffee and widely drunk in Bahrain and other Middle-East countries. Bahrain this Week It is the traditional welcoming drink served on every truly Arabic occasion. It should be served from the traditional pot called the dallah into very small Arabic coffee cups which is filled only half full.

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Culture Quarter of a Century with Arab Creativity

Any material in the world when given an expression from the creators soul, it becomes an art.It is not limited to a thing, but a way of expression. This year the Arab world is celebrating 25 years of its creativity. It has been a very long journey of expression, developing elementary principles from its natural state to even more beautiful creations with feelings and expressions. Moreover, it is a major achievement in setting a tradition of its own, speaking out to the world about a culture which was born from a civilization which had its essence from 14,000 B.C.

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