Umm Al Hassam (Arabic: أم الحصم) (trans. Mother of Sea Shells) is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, which is the capital of Bahrain.[1] The neighborhood is home to the majority of Bahrain's local Jewish community.[2] It consists of a mixture of grand villas and newer apartment buildings, and is well known for its Lebanese and Indian restaurants.
Umm al Hassam أم الحصم | |
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Neighborhood | |
| Etymology: Mother of Sea Shells | |
  Umm al Hassam Location in Bahrain  Umm al Hassam Umm al Hassam (Manama) | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′13″N 50°36′6″E / 26.20361°N 50.60167°E | |
| Country |  Bahrain |
| Governorate | Capital Governorate |
Abdulaziz Shamlan, a Bahraini nationalist leader from the 1950s and later Bahrain's Ambassador in Cairo, is one of the area's most famous ex-residents, along with the late Yousuf Abdulrahman Engineer whose house symbolizes tradition. Umm Al Hassam maintains its leftist traditions with the large headquarters for the National Democratic Action situated there.[3]