According to Mr. Alslaise, since 2017, when Bahraini authorities introduced pearl diving licenses, many people who signed up ...

On the new Pearling Path, learn about Bahrain's pearl history, and even take a diving tour. It was a blazing November afternoon in Muharraq, the former capital of Bahrain. Cardamom and clove perfumed ...

It was a blazing November afternoon in Muharraq, the former capital of Bahrain. Cardamom and clove ... plazas in the shade of young trees. “Pearl diving is still in our blood,” said Mohamed ...

From left: A statue of a pearl diver at the Bahrain National Museum; Pearls at the Siyadi Pearl Museum, in Bahrain.

It was a blazing November afternoon in Muharraq, the former capital of Bahrain ... pearl sellers and new cafés and bookshops. All along the route, I spotted locals hanging out in recently installed ...