The recent Bahrain Film Days festival was devoted to the theme of the sea - with all the works referring in one way or another to pearl diving. Each pearl has a special name depending on its size ...

Up until the 1950s, residents relied upon fishing and pearl-diving to make money. However, the invention of artificial pearls in Japan hastened the end of Dubai's pearl industry. Then, everything ...

(with photos) KUWAIT, Aug 24 (KUNA) -- Old Kuwaitis had occupied numerous occupations for livelihood and survival during Pre-Oil Kuwait period, notably pearl diving, an act of hunting oysters in the ...

A Kuwaiti looks for a pearl in a shell that divers picked from the sea during the annual pearl diving season on August 2, 2016 off the coast of the port city of Khairan, 100 kilometres (62miles) south ...

The hand-line fishing, locally known as “Haddaq,” and pearl diving, known as “Lifah” will see participants vie for prizes in categories such as largest catch and skill mastery.