European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse It it xvs3l> % \ is / v it / it a o v Ltd it v. A it . A a 77ie grand mosque Bahrain s National mosque is open to Western visitors Only when it is not being used by muslims for prayers. Westerners finally getting a Good look Tabah Rainy Luke Britt staff writer a blistering Sun brought beads of sweat to Sheya Alhaddad s forehead As he led american service members through the coastal ruins of an ancient Arab fortress. Stepping gingerly from the remains of a Wall Down to rubble that perhaps was the Home of a Sultan s bodyguard the bahraini tour guide pointed toward a Tower silhouetted against the Calm persian Gulf. A we discovered a Tunnel that led from the coast to that Tower. The portuguese must have made it to attack the fortress in secret Quot Alhaddad informed his tourists. All eyes followed the 30-year-old historian s gaze from the remarkably Well preserved Citadel to where the Waves Glide in foam in silence then Drift Back to their Emerald Home. More foreigners mostly americans have trod upon this Arab ground during the past year than in the entire previous Century Alhaddad said. A Deal struck in tween Bahrain and the american military in november 1990 allows . Service members to tour the Island nation for As Long As the forces remain in the Region. In the months following the War with Iraq each week More than 300 american military men and women have toured Bahrain seeing a and in some cases touching artefacts of Middle East history once considered taboo for anyone except the followers of islam. At least three time s a week american military men and women till several Buse s in Dhahran saudi Arabia and e toss the1 i smile King Eachl causeway to the Tun Sheik Dom. Alhaddad he Gan his Lour in the c capital c Ilot Manama w ill a c Mohi nation Sot Ioc c Konomu and history lesson Quot we Ait the Newe St. Hut most Moedern of All Arab nations the Mem an a due ate Al Alhaddad said. As i to support that c Laim the Shadow is of Mii Rood hotels anti Par of a human Jawbone estimated to be 3,000 years old is in the Bahrain National museum. Banks Shade d the buses As they pulled onto the King a Road leading around the Northern tip of the Island. Like most of its sister nations Bahrain s primary court Revenue is Oil. But because of nearly 200 years of British Myo vement Bahrain enjoys the most diversified econ on the persian Gulf. Liberal Hanking practices and a cosmopolitan atmosphere have Earni d the emirate the nickname a in not. Oil International Linance Lishing Pearl diving Tomisin All t ont Bute to the National coffers. Huh am is the Only Arab country in a which the Sale of
