Gudaibiya (''Qudaibiya'') is a neighbourhood in
Manama, the capital city of
Bahrain.
An older part of the city, yet a busy area, Gudaibiya is a bustling and highly cosmopolitan area, home to many new arrivals in the Kingdom. Gudaibiya houses embassies and the
National Assembly (Bahrain)
The National Assembly ( ar, المجلس الوطني البحريني) is the legislative body of Bahrain. Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the 40 elected members of the Council of Representatives (the lower house) and the 40 royally- ...
. It has large numbers of
Indian,
Filipino,
Ethiopian and
Pakistani residents. It is the site of the
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh Poetry House
Ibrahim (also spelled Ibraheem) ( ar, إبراهيم, ) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a cognate of the ...
,
Gudaibiya
, http://expats-in-bahrain.over-blog.com/ Expats in Bahrain]. a leading cultural centre, which is the house of the late Bahraini poet, Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh ( ar, إبراهيم العريّض, born 8 March 1908 – died May 2002) was a Bahraini writer and poet, generally considered to be one of Bahrain's greatest poets and one of the leaders of the Bahraini literary movement in ...
. It contains the Al-Qudaibiya Palace.
References
Neighborhoods of Manama
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