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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain () was an underground political party in
Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...
with origins in the
Arab Nationalist Movement The Arab Nationalist Movement (, ''Harakat al-Qawmiyyin al-Arab''), also known as the Movement of Arab Nationalists and the Harakiyyin, was a pan-Arab nationalist organization influential in much of the Arab world, particularly within the Pales ...
. Its members were inclined towards the leftist
Marxist Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflic ...
trend within the ANM. It was created after the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf was reconstituted into two separate organizations as the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman The Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (in , PFLO) was a Marxist and Arab nationalist revolutionary organisation in the Sultanate of Oman. It fought against the Sultan in the Dhofar Rebellion from the PFLO's foundation until the suppressio ...
and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain. Several PFLB members participated in the Dhofar Rebellion in
Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...
. In 2000, PFLB members established the
National Democratic Action Society The National Democratic Labour Action Society – Wa'ad (, NDAS) is Bahrain's largest leftist political party. History and profile It emerged from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, a Marxist-Leninist armed opposition movement ...
, the first ever officially licensed political organization in any of the
Arab states of the Persian Gulf The Arab states of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Gulf Arab states (), refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi ...
. The PFLB was replaced by the NDAS.


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Layla Fakhro Layla Abdulla Yousif Fakhro was a Bahraini educator and revolutionary. She took part in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman in the 1960s, under the assumed name 'Huda Salem'. Fakhro established the first school of the revolution, through which much of ...
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March Intifada The March Intifada () was an uprising that broke out in Bahrain in March 1965. The uprising was led by Leftist groups, the National Liberation Front – Bahrain calling for the end of the British presence in Bahrain and numerous notable indi ...
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List of political parties in Bahrain Political parties are illegal in Bahrain but operate as ''de facto'' political parties under the term political societies. Political societies in Bahrain range from the communist left to the Islamist right. Current Banned Parties register ...
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National Union Committee The National Union Committee () was a nationalist reformist political organization formed in Bahrain in 1954 (originally named the ''Higher Executive Committee'', ). The committee was formed by reformists in response to sectarian clashes between S ...
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Ibrahim Sharif Ibrahim Sharif al-Sayed () is an opposition political activist in Bahrain, currently serving as the General Secretary of the secular socialist National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad).


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History of the Popular Front in Bahrain
1974 establishments in Bahrain Arab nationalism in Bahrain Arab nationalist militant groups Offshoots of the Arab Nationalist Movement Arab socialist political parties Communist parties in Bahrain National liberation movements Political parties disestablished in 2001 Political parties established in 1974 Political parties in Bahrain Popular fronts 2001 disestablishments in Bahrain {{Bahrain-party-stub