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04 March 2019 Lecture on the Importance of Sports, At Qala’at al Bahrain Site Museum
Lecture on the Importance of Sports, At Qala’at al Bahrain Site Museum

 

Qala’at al Bahrain Site Museum, playing a key in raising cultural and social awarness about many issues, is holding, on Tuesday, 5 March 2019, a lecture presented by H.E Shaikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Khalifa titled “Walking Sport”, as a popular sport that is suitable for everyone. The lecture will take place at 7:00 pm at the Bahrain Fort Site Museum. Free admission

The lecture will shed light on the importance of sports, in general, and walking as a physical daily activity and how it can yield health benefits without overexerting you to the point of exhaustion. Indeed, as transition from Paleolithic lifestyle to sedentary lifestyle has led to the development of several lifestyle diseases worldwide. Modern technology challenges are considered a double-edge sword, inciting us to increase our fitness level ;walking can help us recover from an injury or surgery, promote weight loss, increase heart health, and improve your mental health. And for some it may enhance their spirituality and deepen their connection to nature. walking improves cardiac risk factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, vascular stiffness and inflammation, and mental stress. In addition, the lecturer will speak about his personal experience with ‘walking sport’, which he has started 5 years ago and has developed constantly, improving and changing his life.

 Worth to mention that Qala’at al-Bahrain Site Museum has succeeded, since its inauguration in 2008, sponsored by Arcapita Bank, to achieve a special partnership with the rest of social categories, raising their awareness about archaeology, history and excavations, through a periodical diverse workshops, lectures,  exhibitions and different events. Bahrain Fort site museum also organizes lectures by most prominent experts in archaeological heritage, museums and history  from Bahrain and abroad to share their experiences and expertise with the audience eager to learn more about this interesting branch of science and knowledge. It is the first and most important archaeological site registered as World Heritage List since 2005.