 Among
Bahrain's cities and towns are:
Bahrain's many small towns and villages include:
UM AL HASSAM
Umm Al Hassam ( 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.
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