(Ebook) Towards Reviving the Missing Noble Characteristics of Traditional Habitual Social Life: “Al-Farej “In Kingdom of Bahrain by Dr. Islam H. El-Ghonaimy, MA. Mariam Haider Al-Haddad

(Ebook) Towards Reviving the Missing Noble Characteristics of Traditional Habitual Social Life: “Al-Farej “In Kingdom of Bahrain by Dr. Islam H. El-Ghonaimy, MA. Mariam Haider Al-Haddad

For a long time, Social life in Bahrain was unique and positive. PublicParticipation and social cooperative with no reference of segregation ordiscrimination for long time. Regularly residences were gathering together todiscuss the daily life, solving problems, discussing their economic and social issueswith spirit of respecting human rights and civilization. In Bahrain, there were manyelements, which were positively in city quality of life. For example, “Al-Farej”which is common name for space in old time in Bahrain, played the role of two mainissues.The research problem is that, unfortunately, most of the old part of Manama city,Capital of Bahrain, area suffer from losing the identity by modernization in manyforms by urban developing. Consequently, day by day, the social life becamedifferent and lost most of noble characteristics of traditional habitual Social life.Bahraini heritage alive in the old area of Manama City, the area needs a node anda reference point for the community to gather in a better-built environment.Therefore, there is essential need for proposing solution to revive the brilliant ofsocial life in Kingdom of Bahrain in term of gathering people for cultural eventswith economic return to keep the rich history and importance of the area andenhance the environment of the center of Manama.The aim of the research is to propose solution to solve the missing of social life inold part of Bahrain by giving guidelines in representing “Al-Farej” in modern waymatching with the modernization of life in Manama.JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2019), 3(2), 35-46.https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4699