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How many people live in Manama? And how many property owners are there? Who is allowed to enter the city? And what’s the density of its population? Ask the same questions for this “Bahrain” island over here! S a m e s c a l e !

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A slideshow showing the properties of the Bahraini Royal family, composed of Google Earth imagery.

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Page 1: Bahrain and Google Earth

How many people live in Manama? And how many

property owners are there? Who is allowed to

enter the city? And what’s the density of its

population?

Ask the same questions for this “Bahrain” island

over here!

S a m e s c a l e !

Page 2: Bahrain and Google Earth

They call this a private property (owned by a member of the ruling

family)

That’s OK. But just be reminded that it’s twice as big as Sadad village…

… and did the owner of it pay for it?!

Page 3: Bahrain and Google Earth

This is Malkiyya.

How many times of Malkiyya’s population

can this area accommodate?

But sorry… Not for sale!

Owned by a ruling family member!

Legal?!!

Page 4: Bahrain and Google Earth

What’s this?!

It’s the King’s favorite property!

It’s the size of Malkiyya, Karzakkan, Sadad and Shahrakkantogether!

What’s in there? Here you go…

Page 5: Bahrain and Google Earth

That’s right…

An island!

Look for the yacht… And note the size of it…

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A golf course…

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A horse track…

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… and the main facility

Page 9: Bahrain and Google Earth

Just to the near South of

Bilaj Al-Jaza’er

Page 10: Bahrain and Google Earth

A’ALI

Shahrakkan & part of Zallaq…

The entire area is owned by Al-Khalifa

Compare the size and color of the two areas!

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Southern part of Bahrain.

Thinking of going there is trespassing!

And hey! What’s that spot?!

That’s THAT!

Nasser Bin Hamad’smanor!

How did he get it?!!!

Page 12: Bahrain and Google Earth

In the middle of nowhere…

Rumaitha Palace

(Hamad Bin Issa manor “one of them”)

Page 13: Bahrain and Google Earth

“Small” mansion!

UOB

F1

A little bit a bigger one.

Compare the size of it against UOB and F1 track

Page 14: Bahrain and Google Earth

Constitution of BahrainArticle 11 [Natural Resources]

All natural wealth and resources are State property. The State shall safeguard them and exploit them properly, while observing the requirements of the security of the State and of the national economy.

ArenAren’’t these State t these State properties that ought properties that ought

to be exploited to be exploited properly!!!!???properly!!!!???

Why are they not?!!Why are they not?!!

Page 15: Bahrain and Google Earth

That’s Rifa’a

National Stadium

Prime Minister’s!

Page 16: Bahrain and Google Earth

Prime Minister’s – ZOOMED IN!

Page 17: Bahrain and Google Earth

Illegal distribution of property is estimated to Illegal distribution of property is estimated to be 200 KMbe 200 KM22 since independence (out of 665 KMsince independence (out of 665 KM2 2

total land area)total land area)= 30% of Bahrain= 30% of Bahrain’’s total areas total area

= USD 60 Billion!= USD 60 Billion!

Page 18: Bahrain and Google Earth

Rifa’a

Hamad Town

King’s Place

(~8% of the size of Hamad Town!)

i.e. his place’s area can host at least 6,000 Bahrainis!!

The Palaces!

Page 19: Bahrain and Google Earth

King’s place (palace) – ZOOMED IN!

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The palaces (two slides above)

ZOOMED!

Page 21: Bahrain and Google Earth

A second look at Al-Safriya mansion, a King’s property…

This area can accommodate at least

30,000 Bahrainis!!

Page 22: Bahrain and Google Earth

West Hamala… WOW!

Page 23: Bahrain and Google Earth

Hewar Island

Ruling family property, again…

Page 24: Bahrain and Google Earth

Hoorat A’ali.

It was declared a national park (reserve) in 199x by Isa Bin Salman.

Look what happened to it in the next slide…

Page 25: Bahrain and Google Earth

It became a private property!!!

Who’s the new owner?!!

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A beautiful Island that no Bahraini is allowed to enter except for the one who occupied it!

MohammadiyyaIsland

Page 27: Bahrain and Google Earth

This is Janabiya… Sorry, this was Janabiya… Now, most of it is owned by one thief… “Massive” area…

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Tubli Bay…

How big is this piece of land?

Al-Khalifa!

All private lands…

Page 29: Bahrain and Google Earth

Its area can resolve all the Housing problems in the

Kingdom… It’s owned by one person!

Om Al-Na’asan

It also costs ~ $ 3 Billion!

Page 30: Bahrain and Google Earth

And now…

I’ll leave you with some pictures of

“their” palaces and manors on the west side of the island…

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Under Construction!

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You have seen where they live.

Now, see the misery they caused to our

people…

Page 37: Bahrain and Google Earth

People, actually live here!

Page 38: Bahrain and Google Earth

Compare the two playgrounds!

Page 39: Bahrain and Google Earth

This is how our government and Al-Khalifa leave

Bahraini’s to live… In absolute despair…

Page 40: Bahrain and Google Earth

This is the Southern part of the Island…

Can you see any populated or inhabited areas?

N0!

Then why are they reclaiming the sea to build

the Northern City?

Because…

The cost of reclaiming the sea is BD 76 Million!

Who’s the chief of beneficiaries?

BINGO!

Page 41: Bahrain and Google Earth

TubliTubli Bay (revisited)Bay (revisited)

… once upon a time was one of the

wealthiest natural reserves in the middle

east.

Its area has been reduced from 25 KM2

to 11 KM2 and is continuing to reduce

The value of the illegally-distributed property in this area

is estimated by $ 3 Billion, most of which is owned by the ruling

family and their people

Page 42: Bahrain and Google Earth

An island with no beaches…

All those beaches are forbidden to the

public, for no good reason!

The coastal line of all Bahrain islands is 161

KM long.

More than 90% of this line constitutes

privately-owned (illegally-possessed)

property.

Page 43: Bahrain and Google Earth

To accommodate the entire population of Bahrain, all what’s required is 35 KM2.

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Over the past 30 – 40 years, 70 KM2 of sea

was reclaimed! This means that the government can grant

every family a free piece of land (only

from the dumped sea)! Are we still lands-scarce?!!

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