Bahrain: Choosing A Natural Path · Global Voices
Ayesha Saldanha

In Bahrain, Alia Almoayed describes the natural toiletries she uses – including a crystal deodorant: “Older members of my family, they tell me that everyone used it in the old days.  In Bahrain they call it ‘shabba’.  I wonder why people today would rather use the commercial toxic stuff instead.”