• The month of Ramadan is a period of appreciation for traditional sweets in Bahrain. All photos: AFP
    The month of Ramadan is a period of appreciation for traditional sweets in Bahrain. All photos: AFP
  • Bahrainis with a sweet tooth have long been spoilt for choice with a wide array of dessert franchises, but traditional confectioners still hold their ground.
    Bahrainis with a sweet tooth have long been spoilt for choice with a wide array of dessert franchises, but traditional confectioners still hold their ground.
  • Workers prepare Halwa, a Bahraini sweet made primarily from sugar, corn starch, saffron and nuts at Hussain Showaiter Sweets at the Muharraq island store in northern Bahrain.
    Workers prepare Halwa, a Bahraini sweet made primarily from sugar, corn starch, saffron and nuts at Hussain Showaiter Sweets at the Muharraq island store in northern Bahrain.
  • Bahraini confections are a fixture on tables for the iftar meal.
    Bahraini confections are a fixture on tables for the iftar meal.
  • Workers prepare sweet sambosa at Hussain Showaiter Sweets in northern Bahrain.
    Workers prepare sweet sambosa at Hussain Showaiter Sweets in northern Bahrain.
  • General manager at the Hussain Showaiter Sweets and 5th generation member of the family-run business Muhana Fouad Hussain Showaiter shows special packaging introduced in the Muslim month of Ramadan, during a factory tour on Muharraq island in northern Bahrain, on April 18, 2022. - Bahrainis with a sweet tooth have long been spoiled for choice, with ample massive dessert franchises, but behind the flashy logos, another brand of confectioners still holds a traditional charm. (Photo by Mazen Mahdi / AFP)
    General manager at the Hussain Showaiter Sweets and 5th generation member of the family-run business Muhana Fouad Hussain Showaiter shows special packaging introduced in the Muslim month of Ramadan, during a factory tour on Muharraq island in northern Bahrain, on April 18, 2022. - Bahrainis with a sweet tooth have long been spoiled for choice, with ample massive dessert franchises, but behind the flashy logos, another brand of confectioners still holds a traditional charm. (Photo by Mazen Mahdi / AFP)
  • Saleh Al Halwachi, co-owner of Saleh Radhi Al Halwachi Sweets, makes Bahraini saffron and cardamom cakes known as khanfaroosh, at his shop in Jid Hafs village on the outskirts of the Bahraini capital, Manama.
    Saleh Al Halwachi, co-owner of Saleh Radhi Al Halwachi Sweets, makes Bahraini saffron and cardamom cakes known as khanfaroosh, at his shop in Jid Hafs village on the outskirts of the Bahraini capital, Manama.
  • Confectioners are not averse to innovating to appeal to a younger clientele.
    Confectioners are not averse to innovating to appeal to a younger clientele.
  • An expert in Bahrain's popular heritage said that while innovative twists are popular, people still prefer 'sweets in their traditional form'.
    An expert in Bahrain's popular heritage said that while innovative twists are popular, people still prefer 'sweets in their traditional form'.
  • Saleh Radhi Al Halwachi sweet shop in Jid Hafs village on the outskirts of Manama.
    Saleh Radhi Al Halwachi sweet shop in Jid Hafs village on the outskirts of Manama.

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Name: Peter Dicce

Title: Assistant dean of students and director of athletics

Favourite sport: soccer

Favourite team: Bayern Munich

Favourite player: Franz Beckenbauer

Favourite activity in Abu Dhabi: scuba diving in the Northern Emirates 

 

Klopp at the Kop

Matches 68; Wins 35; Draws 19; Losses 14; Goals For 133; Goals Against 82

  • Eighth place in Premier League in 2015/16
  • Runners-up in Europa League in 2016
  • Runners-up in League Cup in 2016
  • Fourth place in Premier League in 2016/17
Key Points
  • Protests against President Omar Al Bashir enter their sixth day
  • Reports of President Bashir's resignation and arrests of senior government officials

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  • Energy engineer: Dh25,000 to Dh30,000 
  • Production engineer: Dh30,000 to Dh40,000 
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  • Senior drilling engineer: Dh38,000 to Dh46,000 
  • Senior process engineer: Dh28,000 to Dh38,000 
  • Senior maintenance engineer: Dh22,000 to Dh34,000 
  • Field engineer: Dh6,500 to Dh7,500
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  • Field operator: Dh5,000 to Dh7,000
Can NRIs vote in the election?

Indians residing overseas cannot cast their ballot abroad

Non-resident Indians or NRIs can vote only by going to a polling booth in their home constituency

There are about 3.1 million NRIs living overseas

Indians have urged political parties to extend the right to vote to citizens residing overseas

A committee of the Election Commission of India approved of proxy voting for non-resident Indians

Proxy voting means that a person can authorise someone residing in the same polling booth area to cast a vote on his behalf.

This option is currently available for the armed forces, police and government officials posted outside India

A bill was passed in the lower house of India’s parliament or the Lok Sabha to extend proxy voting to non-resident Indians

However, this did not come before the upper house or Rajya Sabha and has lapsed

The issue of NRI voting draws a huge amount of interest in India and overseas

Over the past few months, Indians have received messages on mobile phones and on social media claiming that NRIs can cast their votes online

The Election Commission of India then clarified that NRIs could not vote online

The Election Commission lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police asking it to clamp down on the people spreading misinformation

Some of Darwish's last words

"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008

His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.

The five pillars of Islam

1. Fasting

2. Prayer

3. Hajj

4. Shahada

5. Zakat 

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Germany 1
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Ultra processed foods

- Carbonated drinks, sweet or savoury packaged snacks, confectionery, mass-produced packaged breads and buns 

- margarines and spreads; cookies, biscuits, pastries, cakes, and cake mixes, breakfast cereals, cereal and energy bars;

- energy drinks, milk drinks, fruit yoghurts and fruit drinks, cocoa drinks, meat and chicken extracts and instant sauces

- infant formulas and follow-on milks, health and slimming products such as powdered or fortified meal and dish substitutes,

- many ready-to-heat products including pre-prepared pies and pasta and pizza dishes, poultry and fish nuggets and sticks, sausages, burgers, hot dogs, and other reconstituted meat products, powdered and packaged instant soups, noodles and desserts.

Updated: April 22, 2022, 9:01 AM