www.womanthismonth.com October 2019 6 It’s that time of year again when not only does it, finally, start getting cooler, thank goodness, but, also, the whole island goes pink crazy in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month. In doing our bit, I was lucky enough to meet some fantastic women who’ve not only survived the disease but are thriving and helping others along the way. There’s Joanne, who was so determined that the Bahrain Breast Cancer Support Group should keep going when its founder left the island that she took over as admin herself! And Amal, diagnosed just two weeks after her wedding and now giving talks and writing about her experience. I also met Professor Ghufran Ahmed Jassim, whose doctoral research has led to an important genetic study. The thing these and every other woman I and the team have spoken to for this feature – some shared their experiences but weren’t included – had the same message: “Check, check, check!” Breast cancer is very treatable but the earlier it’s caught, the better. Lumps aren’t always cancer, but they ALWAYS need to be checked. Carry out self-examinations, sign-up for a regular mammogram – you can find details of special offers for October in our big feature – and check-out your insurance situation. If you’re non-Bahraini, it is almost certain you will need to pay for treatment! Aside from all that, October is also the month when we take our biannual look at the latest new season’s fashions. Fernanda has come up with eight of the hottest trends for the season and Behnaz turned her eye to catwalk make-up trends to see what we will all be putting on our faces in the coming months. With so many of us lamenting ever-increasing bills and thinking about downsizing, we’ve used this month’s Homes pages to look at storage solutions for small spaces – some of them look so good you might want to grab them even if you’re not spatially challenged. And as always, we have our usual round-ups of news from the worlds of fashion and beauty as well as opinions, food and more, let us know via social media if you think there’s anything else we should be covering. Happy reading! chairman & publisher GEORGE F MIDDLETON editorial director LIZ O'REILLY contributors BEHNAZ SANJANA FERNANDA LANGHAMMER OUIAM CHARKANI EL HASSANI PRIA MASSON TANWAR print production manager SABU SEBASTIAN layout & graphics HATEM MONEM media coordinator SARAH ANSARI media manager Farheen AHmed [email protected] photography editor MUNA YOUSEF photographers RANJITH MOHAN SUBEESH KUMAR NS printing press DAR AKHBAR AL KHALEEJ W.L.L., BAHRAIN Contents copyrighted 2017© 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 here for the modern woman of substance and aspiration, embodying a personal style while exploring the best of all worlds: fashion, beauty and lifestyle. 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 1100, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain October 2019, Issue 199 On the cover: AW19 Trends EDITOR’S NOTE The only women's magazine distributed with the GDN Liz Loves I’m coveting the scaled-down version of Givenchy’s iconic Mini Mystic handbag which was revealed along with next year’s pre-spring collection. And, of course, it has to be pink! And, who could fail to be impressed with the new colour-added Wings Embrace designs from Garrard? Liz O’Reilly Editorial Director
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