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"The ancient civilization belongs as a whole to the entire community," Bushfire says. "Bahrain is a mini melting pot." But even the archaeological legacy is subject to dispute. The vast black christian louboutin pumps majority of the country's once extensive fields of ancient burial mounds have been lost to development. Sunnis blame this on Shiite ignorance. Shiites blame it on Sunni greed. The political crisis in Bahrain has put culture on the back burner. In her office at the Ministry of Culture, Sheikha Mai flips through a book of building designs, evidence of the country's once ambitious cultural agenda. But most of the projects are unlikely to break ground anytime soon, said one ministry official, who asked not to be identified because she wasn't authorized to speak for studded christian louboutin. The government's repression of the opposition has touched even the small number of Shiites who are aspiring artists. Loyalty to the government is a precondition for participating in any ministry-funded projects, according to one young arts activist, who asked not to be identified for fear of losing funding. A cultural policy that looks outward and is based on large, international trophy-events may no longer be tenable, some analysts say. "This was not designed with the vast majority of Bahrainis and their interests in mind," says Jones, of Rutgers. The fact that Bahrain's reputation and economy have suffered so much, so quickly, is also troubling to observers watching other gulf states.
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