Writer & Photographer

Writing a person’s life is like retrieving a heart.

Born in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1964, he earned a Master’s degree in manuscript editing from the University of Bahrain in 2000. From 2012 to 2017 he was an associate member of the Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI).

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New · 2026Hussain Ali Yateem Husain Almahroos

Shrine of WaterQandaMuharraq, Rose of the SeaHawwamRadio BahrainDemocracy 73The Pearl NotebookLulwaLexicon of the EyeMaryamSahamawiDates of the SeaThe Weave of the TurbanAl DarLiwanSaeed TabbaraThe Weave of SiegesBahraini HalwaThe Garden of Precious StonesSabbi Al-BarradaThe Hunter’s ExcursionPrincess Sabeeka ParkFereydounHussain Ali YateemShrine of WaterQandaMuharraq, Rose of the SeaHawwamRadio BahrainDemocracy 73The Pearl NotebookLulwaLexicon of the EyeMaryamSahamawiDates of the SeaThe Weave of the TurbanAl DarLiwanSaeed TabbaraThe Weave of SiegesBahraini HalwaThe Garden of Precious StonesSabbi Al-BarradaThe Hunter’s ExcursionPrincess Sabeeka ParkFereydounHussain Ali Yateem

24published books

9coffee-table books with Al-Khan

3solo exhibitions

2curated exhibitions

Hussain Ali Yateem Husain Almahroos

Latest release · 2026

Hussain Ali Yateem: The Story and the Biography

The life of Hussain Ali Yateem (1914–2015), dean of Bahrain’s merchants, in two volumes of over 900 pages, the fruit of five years in family and British archives: from his early schooling in Brighton to leading the country’s great economic transformations.

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The Shelves

Princess Sabeeka Park

Visual Memory of Bahrain 9 books

The Hunter’s Excursion

Photography & Biography 2 books

Exhibitions

2005 · Arts Centre, Bahrain Souq Al-Janna

2022 · Folk Art Space, Bahrain The Garden of Precious Stones

2023 · The Cultural Club, Muscat, Oman The Hunter’s Excursion: A Tribute to Zahran Alqasmi

“Put the bitter at the bottom, and the sweet on top.”

From “Lulwa: A Biography of the Sweet and the Bitter”