Manama, capital city of Bahrain, in one of the first urban environments in the gulf countries. As researchers and historians say, this urban environment was founded from several villages that extended to be combined in one big city. However, many of these villages -which become neighborhoods in the city of Manama- kept having their own special community structures. A beautiful, rich social bonds and structures that created unusual spatial experience, defining what distinguishes Bahrain.
After the oil boom and the economic development in Bahrain late 80’s. All these neighborhoods started to change. Manama started to lose its local communities. Nowadays there are less than three neighborhoods -Urban villages- that exist in the city. Alhoora Alhaddada is one of these last urban villages. This publication comes to celebrate the history and community of Alhoora with the world.
