SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018 04 Jenadriyah Festival begins in style HM King’s Personal Representative attends the festival

King Salman receives HH Shaikh Abdulla at the opening ceremony. The festival has attracted thousands of visitors, both local and from abroad.

Manama The Jenadriyah Festival is and Bahrain’s Ambassador to dian of the Two Holy Mosques ble success of the festival that Mosques in honour of senior held under the patronage of the Kingdom of , and wishes of good health and reflects the originality of the guests of Al Jenadriyah Herit- n behalf of HM King the Custodian of the Two Holy Shaikh Hamoud bin Abdullah happiness and to the Saudi Saudi heritage. age and Cultural Festival. Hamad bin Isa Al Mosques King Salman bin Ab- Al Khalifa, also attended. people durable progress and HM the King’s Personal HH Shaikh Abdullah bin OKhalifa, HM the King’s dulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia The Custodian of the Two prosperity. Representative, alongside the Hamad commended the Saudi Personal Representative HH and organised by the Ministry Holy Mosques received HM the He praised the longstanding Custodian of the Two Holy efforts to organise this out - Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad of the National Guard. King’s Personal Representative fraternal bilateral relations, Mosques and heads of Gulf del- standing annual event that mir- Al Khalifa attended the open- HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin in the presence of heads of Gulf stressing HM the King’s keen egation, watched the annual rors determination to preserve ing ceremony of the 33rd Na - Hamad Al Khalifa; HH Shaikh delegations participating in the interest in participating in the camel race held as part of the the genuine Saudi heritage, tional Festival of Heritage and Isa bin Abdullah bin Hamad Jenadriyah Festival. launch of the 33rd edition of festival events. wishing the national festival Culture (Jenadriyah Festival) Al Khalifa; Director-Gener- HM the King’s Personal Rep- the notable heritage festival of HH Shaikh Abdullah attend- even greater success in years themed ‘Faithfulness and Loy- al of the Royal Family, Shaikh resentative conveyed HM the the Jenadriyah. ed a dinner banquet hosted by to come to highlight the bright alty’. Salman bin Khalid Al Khalifa King’s greetings to the Custo- He pointed out the remarka- the Custodian of the Two Holy image of the Saudi culture. PR Professionals to step up Bahrain operations TDT | Manama ment company Room 32, a subsidiary of of Mcindies. Infrastructure, health, logistics, etc. Mcindies Holding Company, the group Under its global expansion strategy, Currently, PRP offers a pan reach eading Indian public relations that publishes The Daily Tribune. PRP plans to strengthen its reach and with its nine offices and over 105 em- company PR Professionals is The newspaper quoted Sarvesh Ku- Our strengths lie in brand presence in European and Mid- ployees and 150 plus associates. The Lplanning to step up Bahrain op- mar Tiwari, Founder, and Managing making the most effective dle Eastern markets. The company will three offshore offices in UK, erations, Business Standard reported. Director, PR Professionals, as saying, communication strategies also be exploring opportunities in oth- and Bahrain will strengthen its reach The Manama (KOB) office has be- “We are overjoyed to announce our and executing them with er markets and look forward to opening globally. come PRP’s third international office Bahrain operations and our partner- precision and flair. many more offices abroad. “Our strengths lie in making the after London and Germany. ship with Room 32. PRP started off in the year 2011 with most effective communication strat- The firm initiated its global opera- “I am sure that, we will complement MR TIWARI a handful of people and in fast for - egies and executing them with preci- tions early this year and achieved its each other with our business and ex- ward seven years have grown steadily sion and flair. What sets us apart from first phase target of establishing oper- pertise. Our collaborative approach leading Public Relation Company, PR with a compound annual growth rate others is we have been pushing the ations in Europe and the Middle East will allow us to offer our clients with Professionals. The tie-up will extend of almost 72 per cent since 2014. The boundaries of communications and within the year, the newspaper said. strategies built on local knowledge, our portfolio and help us in offering a firm started with real estate clients setting yardsticks with our imagina- PRP’s operation in Bahrain is support- regional support and global reach.” broader spectrum of services to our cli- but with time it branched out to many tion, ingenuity and alertness for our ed by country’s leading event manage- “We are glad to partner with India’s ents,” said P Unnikrishnan, Chairman other verticals like education, telecom, clients,” Mr Tiwari pointed out.

Kochi Metro Bahrain Short-Film Fest 2018 concludes TDT | Manama

he first edition of Kochi Metro Bahrain Short-Film I am particularly TFest 2018 held in associa- delighted to bring in the tion with NIKON Middle East and aspiring and established Cineco (exhibition partner) has concluded. talents across GCC The festival, a brainchild of and India under one renowned South Indian actor platform and even lined Raveendran, was held under the up high-profile film patronage of Capital Governor personalities. Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman MR RAVEENDRAN Al Khalifa and it was inaugurated by Deputy Governor Hassan Ab- ly delighted to bring in the aspir- dullah Al Madani. ing and established talents across The Cineco X, Oasis Mall, Juf- GCC and India under one platform fair Screens had been the nerve and even lined up high-profile centre of the event, hosting film personalities. screenings and the red carpet. “We have honoured three emi- The movies screened included nent film personalities from Arab the works of Bahraini filmmakers cinema world including distin- Mohammed Bu Ali, Ghadeer Ali, Mr Raveendran, centre, with other festival organisers at the inaugural ceremony. guished International Film Festi- Saudi filmmaker Farhat and Bah- val Directors Masoud Amralla Al rain-based filmmaker Ram Gopal tivities were staged on the side- dance items and skits. entries by a jury composed of Os- NIKON representative Ms Reem. Ali, (Dubai), Mohamed Al Kandy Menon. lines of the festival including folk The winning 15 short films were car-nominated Indian filmmak- Speaking to Tribune, Mr (Oman) and Ahmed Al Mulla and Indian cultural ac- dance, traditional musical and selected from over more than 45 er Salim Ahmed, Mr Bu Ali and Raveendran said, “I am particular- (Saudi).”