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During the 1990s Bahraini uprising, a policeman named Ibrahim al-Saeedi was killed in Eker after being surrounded by a trio of armed anti-government vandals and then killed by one of the three men, a Nuwaidrat resident named Isa Qambar. Qambar was executed on March 26, 1996. [1] A memorial for Qambar was held in the village on March 26, 2008.
Ahmed bin Yaqoub bin Yusef Al-Madan (Arabic: أحمد يعقوب يوسف المَدَن, born in 1955) is a Bahraini poet. Born in the village of Nuwaidrat, he studied in local public schools and at King Saud University, from which he graduated as a civil engineer in 1980.
Hussain was born to a poor family in the village of Nuwaidrat south of Manama. He studied in Ma'ameer primary school [1] and upon his graduation when he was twelve, his father died. [5] Hussain continued his study at Sitra intermediate school (then Isa Town secondary school). [1]
The protesters' demands varied, and included constitutional reform, political reform, and socio-economic justice. No permits were sought by protesters, as is required by Bahraini law. The earliest demonstration was recorded at 05:30 in the mainly-Shia village of Nuwaidrat, where 300 people are said to have participated.
The court sentenced 19 activists to five years each in jail for the "attempted murder of policemen" during unrest which swept the Gulf state in 2011. They were found guilty of "setting an ambush for police and attacking them with Molotov cocktails" during demonstrations late December 2011 in the village of Nuwaidrat. Nine other defendants were ...
[4] [6] In Nuwaidrat, where the first anti-government protests began on February 14, only the portico of the Mu'min Mosque was left standing. Many others in the village were also bulldozed. [4] Graffiti insulting the Shi'ites was also left on some of the desecrated mosques. Funerary monuments and shrines belonging to Shi'ites were attacked as well.
At least fourteen people were injured in clashes overnight and with police having fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in the village of Nuwaidrat, south west of Bahrain. The marchers were calling for the release detainees who were arrested during earlier protests. [5]
Eker (Arabic: العكر), sometimes spelled Ekar, [1] is an area in Bahrain, located near the villages of Nuwaidrat, Ma'ameer and the island of Sitra. It is divided into 2 regions: East Eker and West Eker, with Shias making up the majority of the former's population. [2] In 2012 there were bombings in the area, injuring 7 policemen, 3 of them ...