Author: eklastic

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Manamana, do doo be-do-do

It wasn’t quite Manama in Bahrain but Arad Fort is just next door. Actually, EVERYTHING is just next door in Bahrain. When living in Saudi Arabia, just across the causeway to Bahrain, we used to listen to Radio Bahrain and usually got a kick out of the news reader telling us that “the King has left for the interior of the country”. We thought it might be a euphemism for him having a look at how the palm trees in his backyard were coming on.

At the time, we were looking at this part of Bahrain’s past, Arad Fort was built in the 15th century. Now that I’m looking at the photos it my personal past.

Past Square #29

[Disclaimer: The photos have been photographed from prints.]

Acting Out

Within one month of moving to Harare in Zimbabwe, I was part of a huge open air passion play production. Two years later we had the next outdoor production, this time it was The Book of Esther, with me playing Esther’s mother.

It was a wonderful experience but looking at the picture I’m sure my days on the stage are past.

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Past Square #28

[Disclaimer: The photos have been photographed from prints.]