Habib Toumi, Special to Gulf News

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COVID-19: Bahrain delays re-opening of mosques

Decision taken in consultations with heads of heads of Sunni, Jaafari endowments

File picture depicts a mosque in Bahrain. The tripartite meeting agreed to postpone re-opening the mosques following the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases resulting from large public gatherings on Eid days, the ministry said in a statement.

‘Jewish character in TV series doesn’t portray Um Jan’

Um Haroon based on life of midwife in community of different sects in Gulf in 1940s

Um Jan (left) in real life and Um Haroon, the character played by Kuwait actress Hayat Al Fahad.

Saudi courts to drop flogging in disciplinary cases

The assembly’s decision introduces a judicial principle not to impose flogging sentences

Illustrative purposes: An aerial view shows deserted streets in Mecca on April 8, 2020

Bahrain extends COVID-19 circuit breaker to Ramadan

Iftar limited to small family gatherings; no public distribution of food packages

Doctors and nurses are seen doing their final check on the equipment in a makeshift ICU "Field Intensive Care Unit 1" set up by Bahrian authorities to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) critical patients, at a car-park of Bahrain Defence Force Hospital in Riffa, Bahrain, April 14, 2020.

Bahrain converts parking into 130-bed COVID-19 unit

The field intensive care unit contains 130 beds to treat infected cases with COVID-19

The move is part of preemptive measures to deal with any emergency that may arise in the health situation and the need for extra space

Bahrain uses technology to track COVID-19 patients

Tracker bracelets used to geo-fence self-isolating individuals to fight coronavirus

Bahrain is using tracking bracelets to geo-fence self-isolating individuals in a bid to fight coronavirus.

Hamad reinstates citizenship of 551 convicts in Bahrain

Under Bahrain’s laws, citizenship revocation needs king’s approval

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