4 | July 2012 | woman this month Welcome EDITOR's letter It is with great sadness that I announce that this is my last issue as Editor of Woman This Month magazine! I have greatly enjoyed my time at the helm of such a fun, vibrant, colourful, informative and on-the-ball publication. I am going to miss the Red House Marketing family and thank them for all that they have done for me. My brilliant team of female writers are as hard-working and spirited as they come, so thank you girls! To everyone in sales, design, production, accounts, IT and beyond, you have all helped to make my job easier and the magazine would not have reached its current quality and standard without you. I have so valued the opportunity to interview and work with some extremely interesting and inspiring people. You have opened my eyes to all the riches that beautiful Bahrain has to offer. As I take a leap of faith into the great unknown, in a bid to undertake a new challenge, I am reminded of one of my favourite proverbial phrases: “nothing ventured, nothing gained”. If you don’t go after what you want, you won’t have much chance of ending up where you want to be. It is a motto by which I think we should all strive to live our lives. My last issue is packed with the usual offerings: great women, cutting-edge fashion, up-to-date runway news, yummy food, informed parenting tips and lots of great female voices and opinions. Happy reading! Natasha Bird Editor For of the moment news, tips, advice and fun links, follow Woman This Month on Twitter @WomanThisMonthB responsible editor Jubran AbdulRahman chairman & publisher George F Middleton publishing director David M Robertson editorial consultant Dr Paul Balles editor NATASHA BIRD contributors Dr Claire McInroy george r vaughan James Claire staff writers Elma Bartholomew Maryam A. Toorani ALISON COLDRIDGE KEERTHANA LOUIS print production manager Sabu Sebastian layout & graphics RODOLFO A. REYES JR. Dalal Al-Sabbagh media coordinator SARAH ANSARI media executives ESKY Girmay May Mohammed sales manager Mayukh Majumdar circulation FAWAZ AL BALOOSHI photography editor anil Ravi Shankar photographers Shankar Kunhambu Subeesh Kumar NS printing press Union Press, Bahrain Contents copyrighted 2004© Reproduction in whole or in part by any means without the express written consent of the publisher is prohibited. ISBN No: 1 899348 11 5. Licensed by the Ministry of Information, Directorate of Publication and Press. Code: SWTM 410 woman this month is for women in Bahrain wishing to celebrate a unique cosmopolitan lifestyle and community spirit in an objective and proactive manner. For subscriptions visit www.womanthismonth.com Advertising rates are available upon request. Please e-mail [email protected]. The publication of any advertisement in woman this month is not necessarily an endorsement of the advertiser or of the products or services advertised. Although every effort is made to ensure factual information, woman this month cannot be held responsible for errors in contributors’ material, nor do the opinions expressed by individual writers necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher. editorial Submission of articles is welcome. Send queries, letters and articles to the editor at the address below. The publisher reserves the right to edit, reject or comment editorially on all material contributed. bahrain office address Red House Marketing p.o. box: 20461, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain telephone: (17) 813-777 fax: (17) 813-700 email: [email protected] website: www.womanthismonth.com published monthly by Red House Marketing (Jersey) Ltd. P. O. Box 641, No. 1 Seaton Place, St. Helier, Jersey JE4 8JJ, Channel Islands, U.K. in association with Al-Hilal Publishing, P. O. Box 224, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Woman This Month is a member of BPA Worldwide on a Jet Plane Leaving
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