Talk:Bahrain

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Aren't "referendum" and "plebiscite" have similar meaning? What does the author mean?

That section sounds like it has an agenda to argue that Bahrain shouldn't be its own country and I wondered the same about the two words. They share one entry under "referendum," but that does say that "plebiscite" can be used to refer to votes carried out by an undemocratic regime for its own purposes. The assumption that the two are different also appears in the following article listed amoung the external links. Is that where the author got this info? It describes a process of a series of consultations rather than a big vote.

Mishmahig Islands (Bahrain), How it was separated from Iran? http://www.iranchamber.com/geography/articles/mishmahig_islands_bahrain.php

Could someone write an article about position etc of the Amwaj Islands which were recently in the news but nowhere covered in wikipedia except an item about the filming of Big Brother in Bahrain.

The article has been extensively rewritten and no longer has the pro-Iranian POV or hairsplitting on meaning of "plebescite" discussed above.

Bahrain is an interesting country. I would like to know more about the portuguese era - when was it, and are there portuguese colonial monuments / buildings there? I hope someone who knows about this would update the history section - because the article is really lacking in this department. --SWA 16:03, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Michael Jackson?!

Isn't it a bit absurd to mention Michael Jackson in this article? I mean, it's like adding the phrase "Meg Ryan went to China and brought a child home" in the China article. - Eagle^amn 20:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

How can you say that? MJ is the greatest singer in the whole world and he heals children with his touch! You're just a hater [/sarcasm] Not much we can do. Bahrain's stuck with him and we just have to bear the shame and the insults....

Places of interest in Bahrain

Hi There, I am a new traveller to Bahrain. I would like to enquire if you can tell me the places of interests in the city. Cheers and much thanks I can be reached at manhattan sterling@yahoo.com.sg

Two seas

Since Bahrain previously referred to the entire area including what is currently Saud, wouldnt it make more sense that two seas refers to the red sea and the persian gulf, rather than the fact that both sweet water and salty water are present.

Spring of Culture

I've put a link to the Spring of Culture festival that's running during March 2006. The link needs to be removed at the end of the month when the festival ends. 82.194.62.22 08:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I removed it because I thought it was broken, but actually it works fine in explorer (I'm using firefox). Yes, I'll try to remember. Thanks. El_C 08:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Mishmahig

I see no reason to refer to the name Mishmahig at the start of this article. Since independence in 1973 Bahrain has had two names: State of Bahrain (1973-2002); Kingdom of Bahrain (2002-). The term Mishmahig has never been used to describe the sovereign state to which this article refers.

It should be noted that in Bahrain's history it has been referred to with numerous names: Dilmun, Tylos, Awal and according to irredentist Persians, Mishmahig. It is one former term among many.

I would also advise removing the redirection from Mishmahig to Bahrain that currently operates as they do not refer to the same concept.

Deep Blue Sea 12:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

copyright violation

Please note: I have deleted the first 2 paragraphs from "Culture" after it sounded too much like a travaler-guide to me. I've Googled some sentences from it and found this, with a copyright note from Lonely Planet.The second paragraph wasn't all copied out from the LP, but the few words that were original weren't much (a bit from a sentence about spoken languages, which should be in Demographics if anywhere), so I've deleted them as well. Havelock 18:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Adding new islands to the coastline of Bahrain?

I saw a TV program that referred to the creation of numerous islands along the coastline of Bahrain. Some interesting shapes (like a palm tree, about a mile across, with hundreds of building sites) were being created by massive dredging and filling.

I do not find anything about this project in the article, except for one vague sentence, Construction proceeds on several major industrial projects. It would be interesting to see a map (or better yet, aerial photos) of this new development, and a factual description of the huge project.

I found some info ... shares in the Amwaj Islands Project, northeast of Muharraq, have been sold to the public... The BD378 million ($1 billion) tourism project is being developed by Amwaj Property Development Company and promoted by Ossis Property Developers... -- but that is a much smaller development project than the one shown in the TV program. Several projects are mentioned here: http://www.bahrainembassy.org/temp/newprojects.html such as Durrat Al-Bahrain. Similar, but not as large as the one in the TV program.