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a Plea from Conocarpus

Why Conocarpus (otherwise known as the damas tree) deserve a second chance By John A. Davies Over the last decade or so, Conocarpus has received much bad press throughout the Arabian Gulf. Both species are involved, these being C. lancifolius, native to coastal areas of south western Arabia and the horn of Africa, commonly known…

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Bahrain Beauty

By: John Arthur Davies Beautification of Al Farooq Interchange, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Some months ago, having occasion after a long absence to pass through the Al Farooq Interchange it was very pleasing to see landscape improvements taking place. Discussing the project with Engineer Shaikh Mohammed Al Khalifa, Undersecretary for Municipalities Affairs, I tabled questions…

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Refurbishment of the Water Garden – Oasis in the City

By: John A Davies Continuing my series of articles about the public gardens of the Kingdom of Bahrain and in this instance the BD2.9m refurbishment of the Water Garden at Alguful in Manama, I put the following questions to Director of Urban Development, Architect Ms. Raweya Al Mannaei of Municipalities and Urban Planning at the…

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a Plea from Conocarpus

Why Conocarpus (otherwise known as the damas tree) deserve a second chance By John A. Davies Over the last decade or so, Conocarpus has received much bad press throughout the Arabian Gulf. Both species are involved, these being C. lancifolius, native to coastal areas of south western Arabia and the horn of Africa, commonly known…

Read more

Refurbishment of the Water Garden – Oasis in the City

By: John A Davies Continuing my series of articles about the public gardens of the Kingdom of Bahrain and in this instance the BD2.9m refurbishment of the Water Garden at Alguful in Manama, I put the following questions to Director of Urban Development, Architect Ms. Raweya Al Mannaei of Municipalities and Urban Planning at the…

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