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With the compliments from, the Directorate General Public Relations,

Government of the Punjab, Lahore. 99201390

No.60/Zafar/Mujahid

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CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif Distributes Cheques Among Recipients of Honhaar Scholarship Program in Ghazi University DG Khan

Lahore, 20 January, 2025: The first phase of the Honhaar Scholarship Program has been completed. Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif formally launched it by distributing cheques and unveiling new state-of-the-art laptops for the students in the ninth ceremony held at Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan.  At the ceremony, a poet student paid glowing tributes to the Chief Minister.

The Chief Minister came on stage and formally launched the Honhaar Scholarship Program in Dera Ghazi Khan Division by distributing cheques among the talented students. During the ceremony, she was presented with a traditional shawl decorated with glass work and a Balochi dress. The students also presented her portrait of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and other portraits. A student from Koh-e-Sulaiman dressed in traditional Balochi attire welcomed CM Punjab and the students in Balochi language.

She expressed her affection for the students who recited the Holy Quran and presented the national song. She hugged the student who recited Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool (SAW).  "We will keep the doors of hatred closed, we will keep this flag high." The venue echoed with applause after listening these lines of the national anthem. The students expressed their enthusiasm and rejoice upon the arrival of CM Punjab. She went to meet the assembly members and inquired about their well-being. She sat among the female students and also interacted with them.

 

On the direction of the Chief Minister, a guard of honour was presented to the female students. A smartly turned out contingent of the Punjab Police presented a general salute to the students. A little girl dressed in police uniform was also part of the police contingent. The CM made the little girl sit next to her seat and expressed her affection. Tunsa's daughter Fatima Jamshed and Muskan Bakhtawar narrated their scholarship journey story.

CM Punjab called Secretary Higher Education Farrukh Naveed and his team on the stage and commended them. She also took selfies with the students. Scholarships worth Rs 3 crore, 14 lac  were distributed among 1250 students of Dera Ghazi Khan Division. 35 students of Mir Chakar Khan Rind University of Technology received scholarships worth Rs 13 lac 80 thousand.  292 Students from University of Layyah were provided Honhaar scholarships worth Rs 72 lac 94 thousand. 100 students of Ghazi University were awarded Honhaar scholarships worth Rs 49 lac 35 thousand. 526 students of government colleges of Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur received Honhaar scholarships worth Rs 80 lac 96 thousand.

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To the non Iranians who support the protests in Iran - Thank you.

It warms my heart to see so many invested in what's happening in Iran. This time truly feels different. I’ve been sitting with my family watching the news and clips on YouTube every night as well as trying to frequently contact family members in Iran, trying to get a glimpse of what's going on and constantly worrying. The bravery of the young women and men, girls and boys, who put their lives in danger to make their voices heard make me speachless.

There’s something that I'm seeing however that is happening in the western countries that is worrying me. 

The people who use the situation in Iran as a way to promote their islamophobia are just the other side of the same coin as the Mullahs in Iran.

It’s about a woman’s right to choose. Hijabis are walking side by side with non-hijabis because ALL women no matter what they believe in, no matter religion, ethnicity, are oppressed by the government. And don’t get me started on the regime’s oppression towards minorities such as the kurds, balochi, afro-iranians, armenians as well as the LGBTQ community. 

The willful blindness of the west in the complexity of the matter is not shocking to most of us, as this is quite common when it comes to issues in the Middle East. Burning your scarf as a white woman in the west in solidarity with the women in Iran, removing adds that include hijabs or telling hijabs to “take their hijab off” to show support is beyond ignorant and proves that people are not educated in the matter. 

When an Iranian woman burns her scarf or takes it off, it's symbolic for what has oppressed not only them but also generations of women, it's cathartic. But when a white person in the west does it - where poc, muslims and hijabis are oppressed - it sends out the wrong symbol and fuels the islamophobia that is brewing in Europe and America. You can help in so many better ways! One is to contact your politicians and demand for the vocalization of support for the protests, demand the sanctions on people affiliated with the dictatorial regime who have billions of dollars off-shore - in western countries. You can do a lot by spreading the word on social media, joining the protests and donate. We appreciate the help that we can get, but do not let the hate

(And for the muslims who are fumed by the burning of the hijab in Iran or by Iranians, kurds and others outside of Iran - this is not your fight. It's once again not about the hijab - it's about the oppression of a regime that has enforced laws upon an entire country and tortures the ones who do not follow them).

Be omide azadi!

[molkolsdal]

So my mom connected with a third cousin of hers on 23andMe (I think she's something like her third cousin, cuz she's a 4th cousin for me). Anyways, I connected with this girl months ago and she seemed nice enough. We couldn't find a link in our families since it's so many generations back, plus she's Balochi. But we wanted to stay in touch so we added each other on Instagram. She's like 21-22, lives somewhere in the States (I forgot where). We didn't talk much about our personal lives but we do like each other's posts and stuff.

ANYWAYS, so my mom connected with her recently and they were talking for a bit, and out of the blue she asks my mom if she wears hijab (even though she can clearly see from her profile pic that she doesn't). My mom's like Nah, I just never wore it in my life and I'm not comfortable enough to start wearing it now. Then this girl is like Well you should really start wearing it, it's good for you, etc etc 🙃 This girl is a 20 year old STRANGER and she's lecturing this grown-ass woman on wearing the hijab, a woman she just met who she has no personal connection to apart from shared blood a few generations back. Someone whose religious affiliation or level of belief or lifestyle she doesn't even know about. Why are Pakistani Muslims so damn insufferable??? Anyways, my mom removed her profile pic after that and it broke my heart (it was a cute picture of her holding Beans and smiling really big). I hate ugly bitches like that. Mind your own fucking business.

I also find it weird that she felt the need to comment on my mom, who only had that innocent picture up, but didn't say anything to me (I'm wearing makeup, hair out in all my pictures and revealing clothing in some of them). Doesn't make any sense.

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That's 192 more posts than 2021!

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#5

Guangxi （广西）- Things about a Province in Southern China

Official Title

Guangxi is officially known as the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (abbreviated as "GZAR") (Chinese: 广西壮族自治区, pinyin guǎngxī zhuàngzú zìzhìqū). The name "Guangxi" originated from the ancient "Guangnan Xilu" meaning "Wide South, West Route" while the “Zhuang" refers to the Zhuang people, the largest ethnic group of southern China who primarily live in Guangxi among other provinces, below:

The Zhuang People

As described before, the Zhuang people are the largest ethnic group of southern China. Along with Guangxi, they are also dispersed in the Wenshan and Yunnan provinces of China. Cultural descendants of the Zhuang culture can be found in regions of Sichuan and in the valleys of the of the lower area of the Yangtze River.

Language

Guangxi is an remarkably diverse region language-wise - various languages in the Zhuang family are spoken (as suggested by the name) while Yue Chinese languages (most notably Cantonese) are prevalent. Southwestern Mandarin and Pinghua (平话, umbrella term for Northern Ping and Southern Ping, a pair of trade languages) also make up a part of the linguistic composition of Guangxi.

Location

As I'm sure you've been able to figure out, Guangxi is in the south of China. Here is Guangxi on a map:

UGuangxi borders with the provinces of Guizhong, Hunnan, Guangdong, the Country of Laos and the Province of Yunnan. Guangdong, to the east of Guangxi has a name meaning "East expanse" which contrasts to Guangxi's meaning, which is "West Expanse". Guangxi and Guangdong can be referred to together as 两广 (pinyin: liǎngguǎng) meaning "two expanses"

Physical Characteristics

Guangxi has high levels of elevation in different elevation in different areas - its' highest areas are in the north and northwest which lowers into the south and southeast - almost like a ramp. At its' highest Guangxi is about 1.8 kilometres above sea level. The result of all the limestone in the area has led to coining to moniker Shilin (石林, meaning "stone forest") to describe the karst of the area, filled with pinnacles, caves, underground streams and many other wonders.

And that's all. Thank you for reading this far! Sources are below:

Guangxi Map, Guangxi Wikipedia page (ZH), Guangxi Wikipedia Page (ENG), Pinghua Wikipedia Page, Zhuang People (Brittanica), Karst (National Geographical Society definition), Guangdong Wikipedia Page.

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#4

The Punjab People

Where do the Punjab people live?

The Punjab people are historically spread among the north of India and Pakistan. Here are maps of the Punjab state in India (left) and the Punjab province in Pakistan (right.)

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#3

Variations in Pakistani Cuisine by Province

This post will talk about the differences between the unique traits of the provincial cuisines of Pakistan, meaning that it will talk about Pashtun cuisine vs Punjab cuisine vs Balochi cuisine vs Sindhi cuisine, starting below:

Punjab Cuisine

The main aspect of Punjab cuisine that differentiates it from other south asian cuisines is that much of the food is cooked tandoori style, meaning that it is cooked in a clay oven (usually either looks like an oven or a hole in the ground.)

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#2

The Estonian Language

History (and more information about the language)

The Estonian language was first written in the 13th century. The Estonian language is a part of the Finnic-Ugric language branch of the Ugric language family, meaning that it is distantly related to the Hungarian language and more closely related to Finnish. In fact, Estonian and Finnish are mutually intelligible (meaning that an Estonian speaker will be able to understand Finnish and vice versa).

The Alphabet

The Estonian alphabet has 3 categories.

Category 1: the standard Estonian alphabet

Aa, Bb, Dd, Ee, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Õõ, Ää, Öö, Üü

(Note: Õ Ä Ö and Ü are considered separate letters and not variations of O A and U respectively.)

Category 2: letters only used in loanwords and foreign names

Ff, Šš, Zz, Žž

Category 3: letters only used in foreign names

Cc, Qq, Ww, Xx, Yy.

Grammar

Estonian is an SVO language, meaning that the word order is Subject, Verb, Object. English is also a SVO language. Example: in English a simple phrase is "I am Daniel." You can translate this sentence word for word into Estonian because it shares the same sentence structure - "Ma Olen Daniel." In Estonian there are 14 grammatical cases - in English we only have 3, being Subjective (the subject), Objective (grammatical objects, of verbs and prepositions) and Possessive (to show possesion). In Estonian, gender is not present, even in pronouns with the pronouns "ta" (informal) and "tema" (formal) being used. In Estonian the stress (emphasis on a specific syllable, usually demonstrated by length pitch or volume in a world) always falls on the first syllable. In English however, there is no specific rule, leading to stressing words as "exactly" and "perfect" while with Estonian stressing we would pronounce those words as "exactly" and "perfect",

37 notes - Posted February 5, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Tanabata - Today's Japanese Festival (たなばた/七夕) 🎋

What is Tanabata?

Tanabata is a Japanese festival based on a Chinese folklore story, based on the Chinese Qixi festival. The legend states that every year on the 7th day of the 7th month, Orihime and Okoboshi (Chinese mythical figures who are lovers) will meet. The 7th month is July. Therefore, Tanabata is today! (July 7).

Tanabata customs

Tanabata is celebrated by the celebrators writing their wishes for the future on a piece of coloured paper and then proceeding to hang it on bamboo. This process is called "tanzaku" (短冊)Sometimes, these wishes are written in the form of poetry, which is reminiscent of Tanabata Customs from the era in which Tanabata was a new celebration when Japanese aristocrats held poetry contests. Please note that some customs vary from region to region.

Tanabata in popular culture

Instance 1: Animal Crossing

The Animal Crossing video game franchise is created by Japanese video game giant Nintendo. Nintendo, being Japanese, decided to incorporate Japanese culture into the games to promote it to the western world. In earlier games of the franchise (the Japanese version of the first game along with Animal Crossing: New Leaf) players can obtain in-game bamboo. In the latest game (Animal Crossing: New Horizons), Tanabata is "celebrated" by "selling" limited-editions bamboo plants with tanzaku, and traditional yukata of Orihime and Hikoboshi.

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Read Zubeida Mustafa Column Published in Daily Dawn Newspaper OCT 16 was a red-letter day for Balochistan. In Lanjar, a village in Awaran, a schoolteacher brought together some girls and boys after school hours to teach them the Balochi language. One could well ask what was so special about this that it must be celebrated? The fact is, the tragedy of the Baloch is that they have been robbed of…

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Pakistani salwar suit is measured as a unique form of today's salwar suit. You find new love in the fashion market. The designers are also adding different variations and taking on new challenges of fashion and design in ethnic trends. It is believed that the origin of this salwar was discovered by Asian countries. From girls to older women, almost every Asian woman is seen wearing a salwar kameez as casual wear. The majesty, along with the extravagance of the Pakistani salwar suit, makes it a wide choice among the masses and superstars alike. Pakistani suit fashion goes back to a nostalgic era. In this editorial, we will talk about this outfit from afar and take a look at the latest Pakistani suit.

Meaning of Pakistani salwar suit : A Pakistani dress is a hefty, tight, loose-fitting pair of loose trousers hidden under an elongated tunic. It is also equipped with exhaust or pistons. These ultra-comfortable outfits haven't evolved much in terms of design, materials and badges over the last few centuries. The object that Pakistani salwar suits measured as the country's signature wearing style! This enthusiastic Mughal dress can even turn an ordinary neighbour girl into an honest woman!

Pakistani salwar suit : Here is the key topography of the Pakistani salwar suit that makes it so extraordinary: • The classic Pakistani jacket is a tunic at the elbow, in a traditional cut and a double-sided cut. • Salwar is made of flowing material that is swung and tied with thread at the waist. • Quotes from Kurti are greatly exaggerated by Zardosi's work; Traditional thread and pashmina embroidery work to combine different points. • Dresses look imperfect without bottoms, 2 meters of cross-stitched fabric or matching designs.

• There are many variations of this common outfit like Mughal Anarkali, Afghan Salwars, Balochi Outfits, etc. The garments have been smashed into pieces by local women all over Pakistan and have been inspired by many clothing inventors.

Pakistani dresses are undoubtedly one of the most popular outfits. Undoubtedly, one of the main advantages of shopping for Pakistani suits is the price. You can buy something almost innovative, for just one price segment. Another obvious benefit of buying a Pakistani suit is that you won't feel a bag of ticks in your heart while getting dressed.

How to Style Pakistani Salwar Kameez: Here are some fashion tips that can help you enhance your flawless look and stand out on the list: • Before outfitting, get an idea of ​​the nature of the theme and timing of the event. • Choose a light color for the day and a shaded color for the night. • For large suitcases, look for a workhorse zardosi or a Kundan themed kurta with an exclusive looking butt. • If you are looking for office wear or sundries, opt for a chikan suit or a printed cotton salwar suit. • Dress up Easter Mughals with similar chandbali to look like royal sweethearts. • For a wedding, choose materials like brocade, satin, silk, etc. that make you shine.

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Empowering Students through Design + Play

Earlier this year Granaz Baloch, an Acumen Fellow, reached out to the Fellows’ community asking for individuals interested in facilitating for an ambitious project she was planning: Turbat’s first summer camp. Without asking for many details, I volunteered, drawn in by the prospect of revisiting Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province, after years of sociopolitical changes. The second-largest city in Balochistan, Turbat was the historical capital of the State of Makran, a princely state until 1955. The city holds enormous religious, cultural, and political significance; it houses sacred sites and remains of ancient forts and tombs, is considered to be one of the main hubs of separatist insurgent groups and is only 160 km away from the port of Gwadar, with its immense geoeconomic importance. Turbat shares its northwestern border with Iran, and from there comes the city’s power line and much of the goods sold in the markets.

Kech Summer Camp — named after Kech District — was an initiative to provide alternative learning opportunities to students enrolled in public schools. It focused on cultivating core human values, such as empathy, critical thinking and self-awareness, as well as providing professional skills through workshops ranging from design thinking and art therapy, to theatre and robotics. Participating in the programme were around 60 young students from classes 8th to 10th, with a fairly equal male to female ratio. With them there were ten fellows: university students who oscillated between being participants and assistant facilitators. For our workshop, we were three facilitators: an educationist, a designer and a cultural practitioner.

The programme kickstarted with some big words, some curiosity — and a lot of unease. A sense of otherisation prevailed: as facilitators, we were the outsiders in the community; there were numerous chief guests with multiple stakes in the project; the girls were seated on one side of the room, the boys on the other side… Expectations were set about the learning objectives, some almost challenging in their nature.

The students were handed over to us, and the class came to life as soon as a discussion around ‘fear’ began. After an initial hesitation, both girls and boys began sharing their deepest thoughts and everyday experiences: personal and communal joys and frustrations, including the opportunity to attend the summer camp and consequent road blocks. There was an unnerving level of self-awareness; the fears were almost existential in nature — “maut se dar lagta hai,” “apnon ko khone se dar lagta hai,” “khud se dar lagta hai.” Simultaneously, we saw an astounding pattern emerge: after every fifth or sixth expressions of fear, someone would propose an ‘antidote’ — self-belief, faith and an opportunity to think beyond the self as ways to change the internal state.

When preparing the course for the workshop, we had mostly created a textbook outline of Design Thinking, interspersed with ice breaking activities to increase engagement. As designers, we use Design Thinking as a tool for creative problem-solving: we establish a connection with our audience, understand the problem, work on creating a solution from different lenses and reiterate the process until we come to the most viable option. It is a process familiar to us, and generally our work is collaborative in nature, more so in the city circles we move in.

Our first day with the students forced us to take off our privilege lens and acknowledge the depth of our unpreparedness and the inapplicability of the model on its own. On an average day, these kids battled with everything from lack of infrastructure and amenities to mindsets around education, gender roles and expectations and ensuing personal struggles. As shared by many female students, to their surprise, their families had encouraged them to attend the camp; but there was still no clear understanding of where the boundaries were, and at what point will they be forced to stop dreaming. Or the yearning for simple things that we took for granted: parks, canteens and community spaces. We observed a strange dichotomy rooted into their lives, some of it stemming foremost from the landscape itself: a disconnect from the larger world due to sporadic availability of internet connections, but an unusual interest in cybercrime and cybersecurity.

Moreover, they were now in an alien territory; this being the district’s first summer camp, the kids had no idea what it was, and what to expect. The trade-offs for them were very real and tangible: relaxing at home, enjoying vacations or practicing English Language skills (an aspiration to get to a better place in life) versus coming to a place at an early hour, learning things with a room full of strangers — the opposite gender and people from other parts of the country who had no idea about their realities. It was the loss of what is known and familiar.

This knowledge allowed us to reframe the experience of the next few days, with the students as equal stakeholders in designing the journey. In this process, we were supported by Granaz — our shared knowledge of some course components made it possible to translate the content in Balochi, enabling the kids to connect with us, and each other at a deeper level. We shifted to an open classroom, where the students sat on the floor clustered together in groups. Once there, we discussed misunderstandings and empathy, and the students learned to challenge their defaults by engaging in conversation with their families in understanding their perspective about the summer camp.

They worked on systemic challenges affecting their community: education, electricity, water, health and sports, contextualised through their personal stories. They challenged systems by mapping out their experience journey and changing components that would increase efficiency. In between identifying institutional and individual stakeholders, they learned to work together as a unit, recognising the power of collaboration. By an unspoken rule, the fellows assisting each group pushed forward new faces in the forefront, who in turn did their best to make their group shine. It was heartwarming to see a safe space being created where the students felt comfortable in being vulnerable by sharing their learnings and critically analysing their stereotypes — “nahi socha tha larke bhi seriously kaam kar sakte hain,” “saath kaam kiya tau jaldi hogaya, jo maine nahi socha tha uss ne bata diya.”

Interwoven with these lessons were elements of play: bursting ‘fear’ balloons, piecing together a narrative sentence by sentence, moving in sync to create ‘wind’ and ‘rain’ and sharing stories of self, us and now. Through these, students explored the concepts of interconnectedness, active listening and storytelling as a tool for mobilisation.

Over the course of four days, boundaries between students, fellows and facilitators blurred and lasting bonds of friendship, shared joy, laughter and tears were formed. We left having learned more than we had taught: about patience, resilience and courage, about our biases and privilege and about showing up even when filled with doubt and uncertainty.

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Country/City/State Information- Name: مملكة البحرين / Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn Kingdom of Bahrain

This is perfect, tysm for not screwing up the Arabic ;;-;; 

Age: 46 { From Dec. 17 1971 on }

I would try to put in more here, the country age; 2250 is a good age for Bahrain at most, a few centuries after the country was inhabited mainly. However, you could also back up some more dates for the nation; 2600 years isn't bad either. 

However, the fact you specified nation age is great, especially the date!!

Capital City (if country): Manama Biggest City: Manama Boss (Mayor/President): Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Here you could include the other rulers; the Prime Minister, Khalifa Bin Salman al-Khalifa, or the crown prince, Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa.

Flag (Coat of Arms): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bahrain.svg / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Bahrain.svg

The flag here is correct, but the official coat of arms of Bahrain is https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Emblem_of_Bahrain.svg/2000px-Emblem_of_Bahrain.svg.png ... Either way im loving this pls continue

Biggest Ethnic Group: Baharna

Maybe you could link a source for this? the Baharna usually live in Manama and Bahrainis usually recognise the largest ethnicity to be Bahraini; either way, i'm not saying you're wrong if this is a result of research!!

Language(s) spoken: Arabic (Bahraini, Gulf)  English Armenian (Armenians)  Balochi Hindi  Malayalam (Indians)  Pashto  Persian (Ajams)  Punjabi  Tamil  Urdu

Dam this all correct! Thank u for specifying them all aaa!!! Im gonna cry, you've done a lot of research so far and we not even done w/the review!!

Population: 2016 estimate - 1,378,000 Religion: Islam

Mainly Shi'a reside in Bahrain, at around 70% of the Muslim population. Maybe you could add this in ??

Government: Constitutional Monarchy Climate: WWF classifies Bahrain’s ecoregions as Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert, and the landscape is mostly arid desert. However, the marine habitats are very diverse, including seaweed beds, marshes and coral reefs as well as coastal islands. There are no mountains of importance except for the Jabal ad-Dukhan, at the centre of Bahrain island. Farming – date palms and fruits – is made possible, only to the north and north-east of this mountain, by the use of artesian wells, springs and desalination plants. The rest of the territory is desert, with some small lagoons. Economy: According to a January 2006 report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Bahrain has the fastest growing economy in the Arab world. Bahrain also has the freest economy in the Middle East and is twelfth freest overall in the world based on the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom published by the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal.

In 2008, Bahrain was named the world’s fastest growing financial center by the City of London’s Global Financial Centres Index. Bahrain’s banking and financial services sector, particularly Islamic banking, have benefited from the regional boom driven by demand for oil.[210] Petroleum production and processing is Bahrain’s most exported product, accounting for 60% of export receipts, 70% of government revenues, and 11% of GDP. Aluminium production is the second most exported product, followed by finance and construction materials.

Economic conditions have fluctuated with the changing price of oil since 1985, for example during and following the Persian Gulf crisis of 1990–91. With its highly developed communication and transport facilities, Bahrain is home to a number of multinational firms and construction proceeds on several major industrial projects. A large share of exports consist of petroleum products made from imported crude oil, which accounted for 51% of the country’s imports in 2007. Bahrain depends heavily on food imports to feed its growing population; it relies heavily on meat imports from Australia and also imports 75% of its total fruit consumption needs. Since only 2.9% of the country’s land is arable, agriculture contributes to 0.5% of Bahrain’s GDP. In 2004, Bahrain signed the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, which will reduce certain trade barriers between the two nations. Due to the combination of the global financial crisis and the recent unrest, the growth rate decreased to 2.2% which is the lowest growth rate since 1994.

Unemployment, especially among the young, and the depletion of both oil and underground water resources are major long-term economic problems. In 2008, the jobless figure was at 4%, with women over represented at 85% of the total. In 2007 Bahrain became the first Arab country to institute unemployment benefits as part of a series of labour reforms instigated under Minister of Labour, Dr. Majeed Al Alawi.[217]

Now, i'm not saying this is bad; it's all good, it just seems very similar to the Wikipedia page. Almost c+p. But if this is a WIP area, keep going! I won't rat u out for this lmao, pretty good, nice info included. I won't point fingers, I understand if this is a TBA.

Human Information- Name: Ruqaiya Ali

From what I know, naming traditions in Bahrain are along the lines of;

Personal name (Ruqaiya) then bint (daughter of in Arabic), her father's name, then ibn (son of) her grandfather's name, then (Al-) Family name. So we can use the name Khadija bint Aisha ibn Mohammad al-Andalusi. However, the al- suffix usually relates to a person's place of birth, so al-Andalusi could change to al-Damashqi.

Nickname(s): Ruqia Age: 23 Gender: Female Birthday: December 17th Current Residence: Manama Language(s) spoken:  Bahrani Arabic English Armenian  Balochi Hindi  Malayalam  Pashto  Persian  Punjabi  Tamil  Urdu Bad Habit(s): { N / A ATM } Like(s): Pearls, Seafood { TBA } Dislike(s): { TBA } Hobbies: { TBA } Fear(s): { TBA } Equipment/Weapons: { TBA } Culture Favorites: { TBA } Personality: Ruqaiya is very hospitable and friendly towards expatriates. Shes very conservative and very patriotic and proud of her country. { TBA }

Thank you for specifying that these are tba, instead of the ppl that just write 'fears: one word that is not related to anything' so Guess What ur gr8

Appearance- Height: 5'1 { Average Height of Bahraini Women } Weight: 106 lb

This is all great, although a few sources tell me the height is even lower lmao, like 5'0.75, but 5'1 is accurate! Just a heads up if you want to add it (also it's easier for more to recognise it) - 5'1 is 155cm.

Hair: Semi Long and Curly, Goes around to her Shoulder Blades. Black in color.

Cool bro, but does she wear a headscarf (hijabs are common), specifically Muhtashima, a not-full hair covering, or the Muhajiba, fully covering the hair?

Eyes: A dark brown, appearing black. Skin: 23 in Von Luschans Skin Chart/Scale  Accent: Bahrani

We could go into this a bit more, such as describing words she sometimes mispronounces, and her overall speech. Saudi arabic is different from Bahraini arabic, e.g shino in bahraini arabic, and aish in saudi arabic, both mean 'what'; how Bahraini arabic accent is only spoken by 400,000 so it could make her seem out of place in everyday Arabic.

  Anything on your body that represents your country?: { TBA } Outfit(s): { TBA } Scar(s): { TBA } Accessories: Pearl Bracelet, { More TBA }

Relationships- Ancestor: Dilmun / Telmun Family: Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia Friends: India, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Korea, Turkey, Russia, U.K and Saudi Arabia Rivals: { TBA } Enemies: { TBA } Pet: { N / A ATM } Potential Love Interest: Kazakhstan { May chnage in future } Foreign Relationships: Embassies: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brunei, P.R China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Oma, Pakistan. Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, U.K, U.S and Yemen. Non Resident Embassies: Argentina, Australia, Armenia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, North Korea, Fiji, Georgia, Kosovo, Ireland, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Tanzania, Vietnam.

I understand this OC is a w.i.p, but perhaps when you have fixed her up, you could add relationship history; nothing too long if you want, really, but it'd be very good and interesting to read.

History: The site of the ancient Bronze Age civilization of Dilmun, Bahrain was an important center linking trade routes between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley as early as 5,000 years ago. The Dilmun civilization began to decline about 2,000 B.C. as trade from India was cut off. From 750 B.C. on, Assyrian kings repeatedly claimed sovereignty over the islands. Shortly after 600 B.C., Dilmun was formally incorporated into the new Babylonian empire. There are no historical references to Bahrain until Alexander the Great’s arrival in the Gulf in the 4th century B.C. Although Bahrain was ruled variously by the Arab tribes of Bani Wa’el and Persian governors, Bahrain continued to be known by its Greek name Tylos until the 7th century, when many of its inhabitants converted to Islam. A regional pearling and trade center, Bahrain came under the control of the Ummayad Caliphs of Syria, the Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad, Persian, Omani and Portuguese forces at various times from the 7th century until the Al Khalifa family, a branch of the Bani Utbah tribe that have ruled Bahrain since the 18th century, succeeded in capturing Bahrain from a Persian garrison controlling the islands in 1783.

In the 1830s the Al Khalifa signed the first of many treaties establishing Bahrain as a British Protectorate. Similar to the binding treaties of protection entered into by other Persian Gulf principalities, the agreements entered into by the Al Khalifa prohibited them from disposing of territory and entering into relationships with any foreign government without British consent in exchange for British protection against the threat of military attack from Ottoman Turkey. The main British naval base in the region was moved to Bahrain in 1935 shortly after the start of large-scale oil production. from all aggression by sea and to lend support in case of land attack.

In 1968, when the British Government announced its decision (reaffirmed in March 1971) to end the treaty relationships with the Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Bahrain initially joined the other eight states (Qatar and the seven Trucial Sheikhdoms now the United Arab Emirates) under British protection in an effort to form a union of Arab emirates. The nine sheikhdoms still had not agreed on terms of union by 1971, however, prompting. Bahrain to declare itself fully independent on August 15, 1971.

Bahrain promulgated a constitution and elected its first parliament in 1973, but just two years later, in August 1975, the Amir disbanded the National Assembly after it attempted to legislate the end of Al-Khalifa rule and the expulsion of the U.S. Navy from Bahrain. In the 1990s, Bahrain suffered from repeated incidents of political violence stemming from the disaffection of the Shi’a majority. In response, , the Amir instituted the first Bahraini cabinet change in 20 years in 1995 and also and increased the membership of the Consultative Council, which he had created in 1993 to provide advice and opinion on legislation proposed by the cabinet and, in certain cases, suggest new laws on its own, from 30 to 40 the following year. . These steps led to an initial decline in violent incidents, but in early 1996 a number of hotels and restaurants were bombed, resulting in several fatalities. Over 1,000 people were arrested and held in detention without trial in connection with these disturbances. The government has since released these individuals

Cool cool, again I understand the w.i.p so having a widget similar to other websites, ok? Just keep it in mind that you could change a few wordings when y'all done, and I think you got yourself a good OC!

{ She’s a still a work in progress, but i wanted to submit what i had so far for review }

-=+=- 

Honestly this is a really good OC. It may be a WIP but you're definitely on your way. Aside from the WIP, you could work on typing it up in your own words, and, work on the WIP parts as well. Overall, the work you put into this OC is really good.