The Foreign Service Journal, March 2013

LOCAL LENS BY FABIO CATTARINICH n TAKEN WITH A NIKON D5000, USING A NIKON 18-105MM ZOOM LENS. THE FOCAL LENGTH WAS 18MM AT F4.5; 1/250 SHUTTER. Enter your photograph to be featured in Local Lens! Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8 x 10”). Please submit a short description of the scene or event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used, to locallens@afsa.org. T he Bahrain World Trade Center is a 240-meter (787 feet)-high twin- tower complex. Built in 2008 by the multinational architectural firm Atkins, it is the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design. The towers are a symbol of achievement and a reflec- tion of the momentum behind the region’s fast- growing economy. n Fabio Cattarinich is an Eligible Family Member. His wife, Daniela DiPierro, is consular section chief at Embassy Manama. MANAMA, BAHRAIN 82 MARCH 2013 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL