Bani Jamra


Bani Jamra is a village in the north-west of Bahrain. It lies west of the capital Manama and east of the coastal village of Budaiya. It is administered under the Northern Governorate.
Before the discovery of [oil in Bahrain], most of inhabitants were involved in farming, especially date palms. Bani Jamra is also famous as a center of traditional fabric weaving, a rapidly dying art.

History

In J. G. Lorimer's Gazetteer of the [Persian Gulf], he writes that the village consisted of 50 huts occupied by the Baharna, who were mostly farmers and weavers. There were an estimated 1,500 palm trees in the village.

Notable people