ABSTRACT
Text 1 (Holes 2005:169-76): S18 and S19 were two semi-literate middle-aged women from the Bahraini capital city Manaama interviewed at a Bahraini Adult Literacy Centre, where they were attending classes. One was from the ʕArab (that is, Sunni) community (henceforth “A”), and one was from the Baħaarna (that is, Shiʕi) community (henceforth “B”).2 They were interviewed together by their teacher, from the Manaama A community. The speakers give accounts of their marriages some 20 years before, from betrothal to the wedding night.
