Razed Bahrain protest hub reopens with new name

Bahrain's Pearl roundabout reopened under a new name on Wednesday (June 14th), six years after being demolished and sealed off, AFP reported.

Witnesses in Manama said the roundabout, which was one of the capital's landmarks before the protests of 2011, has been replaced with a simple crossroads named Farouk Junction.

The old roundabout, which boasted an imposing central monument of a white pearl supported by six white columns representing the six Gulf Arab states, was razed after troops and anti-riot police stormed a protest camp there in 2011.

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