A hip, edgy debut about a woman who finally takes charge, "12 Bliss Street" is a deliciously sexy and suspenseful crime novel about a gal having a bad day that only gets worse.

The development and, eventually, the flourishing of the short story in Bahrain, in addition to the crucial role of the middle class in spreading political and social awareness, was also indebted to the influence of the Arab writers, in particular in Egypt, whose writers enlightened the Arab masses literarily as well as politically. In the meantime, the circulation of the local newspapers in which the writers were able to publish their materials, indeed, consolidated the establishing of the genre of the short story in Bahrain and other Gulf states.

A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.

Contains the reports of city officials for the preceding year.