In Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa has convinced eight countries to convene an emergency Arab summit to discuss political unrest.

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The peoples' dissent, which coincided with the wider Arab Spring movements, has not abated and its impatience with the lack of reform by the Sunni royal family, led by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, is intensifying.

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He and his family obtained Bahraini nationality in 2001 under political reforms instituted by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, who also cleared the way for parliamentary elections in Bahrain - seen as the main democratic experiment in the Gulf.

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