Umm Al Hassam

Umm Al Hassam

Umm Al Hassam ( _ar. أم الحصم) (trans. "Mother of Sea Shells") is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, which is the capital of Bahrain. It is comprised of a mixture of grand villas and newer apartment buildings, and is well known for its Indian and Lebanese restaurants.

Abdulaziz Shamlan, a Bahraini nationalist leader from the 1950s and later Bahrain's Ambassador in Cairo, is one of the area's most famous ex-residents, and Umm Al Hassam maintains its leftist traditions with the large headquarters for the National Democratic Action situated there.Umm Al Hassam is also home to Bahrain's Jewish population.

ee also

* Manama
* Bahrain


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