An island kingdom just off the Arabian Peninsula, known as the first emirate nation to discover oil in 1932, wants to re-establish itself as the global center for sustainable pearls. Natural pearls ...

Faten Mattar is one of the first women to work in the family business, one of the oldest pearl shops in Bahrain - Copyright AFP Mazen Mahdi Faten Mattar is one of the ...

Queen Elizabeth’s pearl earrings were given to her as a wedding gift. In honor of their 1947 wedding, Queen Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip received a pearl shell containing seven pearls from the ...

“You can see yourself in a pearl. It’s not like any other stone,” Mohamed al-Mahmood says with a smile. Then, he produces a showstopper from a red-velvet-lined box: The distorted yet highly ...

In addition to honoring Princess Diana through her Trooping the Colour fashion, Kate Middleton also paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth. The Princess of Wales wore the late Queen’s Bahrain Pearl Drop ...

Several students recently took part in an interactive event that highlighted Bahrain’s rich pearling heritage and its global significance. Organised by the Bahrain Institute for Pearls and Gemstones ...

Society’s love for exquisite, rare, and luminous pearls and gemstones has persisted since the beginning of civilization. Whether referencing diamonds, pearls, sapphires, or emeralds, humans have ...

MANAMA (Reuters Life!) - There was a time when Yousif al-Alawi could cast a line straight into the sea and fish from the roof of his old family home. Broken seashells are still visible in the material ...