Umm al-Subyan: The Desert Enchantress of Bahrain
In the quiet villages of old Bahrain, places like Karzakan, Karranah, and Bani Jamra, the desert night carried more than the whisper of wind through date palms. Long before electricity lit the streets, elders warned of a being whose beauty could shatter a man’s caution and whose laugh could freeze his blood. She was Umm al-Subyan, the Mother of Boys,