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HELLO AND GOODBYE… After four years as the Editor of Bahrain Confidential, this is my final Editor’s introduction. For someone who always wanted to be a columnist, I found journalism – or maybe it found me. Looking back, every day in past four years has been both challenging and beautiful. It is with a heavy heart that I write this note but I am also excited about what the new year brings for me. I am only leaving because I am starting a new chapter in my life – I am getting married and will be moving back to India with my future husband. I will be handing the editor’s duties over to my replacement, Jayne Green. I am sure that the magazine will do well under her leadership. So now, though I’m saying “goodbye”, I am also saying “hello”. I will be corresponding with BC and will continue to write for the magazine as an Op-ed Contributor. It has been an honor and a privilege to have been a part of your lives and I wish you the very best in everything!
Melissa Nazareth
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