Umm Al Hassam
Umm al Hassam أم الحصم | |
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Etymology: Mother of Sea Shells | |
26°12′13″N 50°36′6″E / 26.20361°N 50.60167°E / 26.20361; 50.60167 | |
Country | Bahrain |
Governorate | Capital Governorate |
Umm Al Hassam (Arabic: أم الحصم) (trans. Mother of Sea Shells) is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, which is the capital of Bahrain.[1] The neighborhood is home to the majority of Bahrain's local Jewish community.[2] It consists of a mixture of grand villas and newer apartment buildings, and is well known for its Lebanese and Indian restaurants.
Abdulaziz Shamlan, a Bahraini nationalist leader from the 1950s and later Bahrain's Ambassador in Cairo, is one of the area's most famous ex-residents, along with the late Yousuf Abdulrahman Engineer whose house symbolizes tradition. Umm Al Hassam maintains its leftist traditions with the large headquarters for the National Democratic Action situated there.[3]
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- Awadhiya
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- Bu Ashira
- Bu Ghazal
- Central Business District
- Diplomatic Area
- Fareej el-Fadhel
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- Fareej el-Hatab
- Fareej el-Makharqa
- Fareej Mushbir
- Ghuraifa
- Gudaibiya
- Gufool
- Hoora
- Juffair
- Mahooz
- Manama Souq
- Noaim
- Ras Rumman
- Salmaniya
- Sanabis
- Seef
- Seqaya
- Umm Al Hassam
- Zinj
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