MODEL schoolgirl Hannah Kent was plucked from a crowd of movie fans to meet the stars of Avatar during their surprise visit to Bahrain ... thanks to a superhero costume she had worn to a charity fund-raising day at school.
SCHOOLBOY Adam Jones, caught up in a bitter battle to bring him home to Bahrain, has told a court that he wants to return to his mother Rebecca's care.
As controversy rages over France's stand over the wearing of the veil in public and outrage over the vandalism of a mosque which led to calls by the French Council of the Muslim Faith for the setting up of a parliamentary panel to studying rising Islamophobia, GulfWeekly's Shilpa Chandran asked the French Ambassador to Bahrain Yves Oudin what happened to a nation renowned for its diplomacy or 'L' Entente cordiale' as far as the Muslim world was concerned.
A paraplegic ex-marine finds a new life on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in Avatar, the ambitious digital 3D sci-fi epic from director James Cameron.
His hands flew across the keys as his nimble fingers nearly effortlessly weaved the music into a gentle cascade of rippling water. The notes rose and fell beautifully; climbing up and down, enchanting, spell-binding the captivated audience.
Thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the kingdom’s latest attraction – the National Action Charter Edifice – which was launched with Royal fanfare this week.
