Gudaibiya (''Qudaibiya'') is a neighbourhood located in

Manama Manama ( ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and List of cities in Bahrain, largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is ...

, the capital city of

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. 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

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. It has large numbers of

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n, Filipino,

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and

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i residents. It is the site of the Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh Poetry House,Gudaibiya
, http://expats-in-bahrain.over-blog.com/ Expats in Bahrain]. a leading cultural centre, which is the house of the late Bahraini poet,

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. It contains the Al-Qudaibiya Palace.

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Neighborhoods of Manama {{Bahrain-geo-stub