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Neighborhood in Capital Governorate, Bahrain
Umm al Hassam أم الحصم
Neighborhood
Etymology: Mother of Sea Shells
Umm al Hassam is located in BahrainUmm al HassamUmm al HassamLocation in BahrainShow map of BahrainUmm al Hassam is located in ManamaUmm al HassamUmm al HassamUmm al Hassam (Manama)Show map of Manama
Coordinates: 26°12′13″N 50°36′6″E / 26.20361°N 50.60167°E / 26.20361; 50.60167
Country Bahrain
GovernorateCapital Governorate

Umm Al Hassam (Arabic: أم الحصم) (trans. Mother of Sea Shells) is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, the capital of Bahrain. The neighborhood is home to the majority of Bahrain's local Jewish community. 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 tradition as the location of the large headquarters for the National Democratic Action, the country's largest leftist political party.

References

  1. Umm Al Hassam: Photos and History.
  2. Berman, Lazar. "Beth Din of Arabia: Jews in Gulf countries announce first communal organizations". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  3. "Residents picket Wa'ad meeting over BICI report". Gulf Daily News. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
Neighborhoods of Manama


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