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The Fakhros of Bahrain
Merchants and Reformers
Adel Fakhro
with a foreword by Sir Roger Tomkys
​The authoritative history of one of the Gulf's most prominent and long-standing merchant families.
For well over a century, the Fakhro family have played a leading role in Bahrain's public life and trading scene. This book, part memoir, part history, gives a detailed account of a family and its members, of the establishment and consolidation of a major merchant house, and of the growth and development of a nation. Anyone with an interest in Bahrain, or in how business and society work in this Gulf nation, will find something here to interest them.

Contents:
Chapter One - The Early Years (1816 – 1918)  §  Chapter Two - Post-WW1 and Modern Administration (1919 - 1931)  §  Chapter Three - The Oil Era and WW2 (1932 – 1939)  §  Chapter Four – World War Two and the Nakba (1939 - 1952)  §  Chapter 5 – Renewal and Expansion (1952-1959)  §  Chapter 6 – The Swinging Sixties and Revolution (1960-71)  §  Chapter 7 - The years following Independence (1971 -1981)  §  Chapter 8 – Boom and Bust (1981-1990)  §  Chapter 9 – Turbulence (1990- 2001)  §  Chapter 10 –  Optimism and Expansion (2001-2011)  §  Chapter 11 – Growth (2011-2020)  §  Chapter 12 – The Present and Future Generations  §  Appendix: The Children of Yousif bin Abdulrahman Fakhro
About the Author
Adel Fakhro  is Group Managing Director of the Abdulla Yousif Fakhro Group, one of Bahrain’s largest and oldest family businesses, with interests in trading, logistics, telecommunications and food service. He has led the growth of his family business in Bahrain and the GCC for over forty years and is a leading figure in the world of Bahraini commerce.
 
Educated in Bahrain, England and Lebanon he has also played an active role in community service and in heading Non-Governmental Organisations in his country.