Folk Culture is a quarterly journal published in Bahrain by Folk Culture Archive for Studies, Research and Publishing with the cooperation and support of the International Organization of Folk Art IOV.

The quarterly publication is made possible with the support of His Majesty  King Hamad Ben Issa Aal Khalifa, King of Bahrain,  and the Ministry of  Information and Culture.  Ali Khalifa, who is Chair of the IOV Research and Documentation Commission, is Editor In Chief.

As Folk Culture began its second year in Spring 2009, Ali Khalifa pondered the fulfillment of a dream shared by him and his colleagues to one day see the regular publication of an Arab language scholarly journal devoted to the folk culture of the Arab world.  With the publication of Folk Culture, an important new voice is added to the few publications that focus solely on countries and regions that are rich in folk tradtions.

Subscriptions are available in Arabic, with submissions abstracted in French and English.  We invite you to read Ali Khalifa’s Editorial and to browse the contents of the 5 issues that are now on line for your convenience at www.folkculturebh.org.

Terms and Conditions of Publication

Folk Culture welcomes contributions from researchers and academics from anywhere. Studies and serious articles on: folklore, sociology, anthropology, psychology, cinematography, linguistics, stylistics, musicology, and all related subjects to folk culture are accepted. Each specialization is known by its various subjects and multiple levels according to the following terms and conditions:

1. Matters published in the journal express the views of their authors and do not necessarily express the views of the Journal.
2. Matters are sent to the Journal's postal address or by e-mail in the vicinity of 4000-6000 words.
3. Each author is to send a synopsis of two A4 pages to be translated into English and French; and also a copy of the writer's CV.
4. The Journal carefully considers matters sent illustrated by photographs, charts and tables in support of the written matter.
5. The Journal apologizes for not accepting hand written matter.
6. Arrangement of matters is governed by artistic conditions and has nothing to do with the status of writers or their academic positions.
7. The Journal declines publication of matters previously published or being considered for publication elsewhere.
8. Original copes of matters are not returned to contributors whether published or not.
9. Matters received will be acknowledged as well as matters approved for publication.
10. In return to matters published, the Journal offers a suitable remuneration in accordance with rewards scale applied by the Journal.
11. Every writer is required to provide details of his/her Bank Account and his/her mobile telephone number