Gudaibiya

Gudaibiya

Gudaibiya ("Qudaibiya") is a neighbourhood in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain.

An older part of the city, yet it is one of the busy areas, Gudaibiya is a bustling highly cosmopolitan area and home to many new arrivals in the Kingdom, as well as government offices including parliament. It has large numbers of Indian, Filipino, Ethiopian and Pakistani residents.

It is the site of the [http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/13465 Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh Poetry House] , a leading cultural centre, which is the house of the late Bahraini poet, Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh.

See also

* Manama
* Bahrain


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