【Doha, Qatar】Qatar: The Last Pearl Diver in a Country Where Oil Buried a Millennia-Old Tradition
Editor’s NoteThis article profiles Saad Ismael Khalifa Al Jassim, an 89-year-old man considered among the last of his region’s pearl divers. His…
Pearl Trade
【Persian Gulf】Looking Back at the History of Natural Pearls: A Market That Enriched the Persian Gulf Region Long Before Oil
Editor’s NoteThis article explores the fascinating historical “pearl war” of the early 20th century, a geopolitical contest over the prized pearls of…
【Kobe, Hyogo,】Mixed-Use Facility to Inherit Pearl Museum Legacy on Site of Former ‘Japan Pearl Hall’ in Kobe’s Old Foreign Settlement
Editor’s NoteThis article outlines the redevelopment of Kobe’s historic Japan Pearl Hall site into a modern mixed-use complex. The plan aims to…