Shoppings in Bahrain - AL AALI

This mall is next door to Seef Mall .It was built and decorated in Arab style.

Most of it's shoppings cater for the upper class Arab Community

Esse shopping fica ao lado do Seef Mall - ele foi construido e decorado com motivos Arabes.

A maioria das lojas e voltada para os Arabes com grana. E uns poucos expats.

Al Aali building

A fachada

And from another angle

visto por outro lado

The shops in Al Aali are normally not in other shopping malls.

As lojas desse shopping sao mais exclusivas, geralmente elas nao sao encontradas nos outros shoppings

The shop is not crowded at all, actually it has very little traffic

Quase nunca tem gente pelos corredores desse shopping. Eu sempre me pergunto como eles fazem dinheiro.

Pretty shops every where

As lojas sao muito bem decoradas

Muslim decoration can't use human or animal forms. They rely on geometrical shapes to beautify their buildings

A arte muculmana nao pode reproduzir formas humanas ou animais, entao a decoracao e toda baseada em formas geometricas

And they look stunning

O resultado e lindo

LOOK! There are some human figures there, I guess this shopping was not designed by a religious person

Olha!! A silhueta de pessoas la nas paredes. Pelo jeito o arquiteto nao era la muito religioso...

Spacious areas

O pe direito e muito alto, as areas enormes

Most shoppings have a "souk" and Al Aali could not be different

A maior parte dos shoppings daqui cria uma area que imita os souks - esse nao e diferente

And it looks like the real deal

E ate parece de verdade!

Do you want to buy some original arab preserves?

Vai uma compotinha arabe ai?

And to close with a golden key, a photo of Il Caffee, the restaurante from the Armani group. I was actually invited to manage this place, and when I said I had no experience in such business, the man in charge just told me I was white, and that would be enough.

E pra fechar com chave de ouro, uma foto do Il Caffee, o restaurante do grupo Armani. Eu fui convidada a ser a gerente do restaurante, e quando eu disse que nao tinha experiencia ennhuma na area, o responsavel simplesmente me respondeu:

Mas voce e branca, isso e suficiente!