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(Foreign Ministry website)
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Travel
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FAO country profile
Bahrain: further reading
Bahrain's Uprising
by Ala'a Shehabi and Marc Owen Jones, 2015. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Group Conflict and Political Mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf: Rethinking the Rentier State
by Justin Gengler, 2015. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Bahrain in Focus
by Jane Kinnimont, 2016. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
The Political Transformation of Gulf Tribal States: Elitism and the Social Contract in Kuwait, Bahrain and Dubai, 1918–1970s
by Shaul Yanai, 2016. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn't
by Toby Matthiesen, 2013. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
The Arab Spring and the Gulf States: Time to embrace change
Mohamed Althani, 2013. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Bahrain from the Twentieth Century to the Arab Spring
Miriam Joyce, 2012. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
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