“Bahraini Dana AlAseeri’s love for card games, which are quite popular in the Middle East, inspired her to create colourful artistic decks for families and friends to enjoy.

“A year ago, she began to collaborate with local artists in a bid to develop sets with beautiful artwork and called it Bata, pronounced ‘Beh-tah’.

““I can’t count how many card decks I have played with in my life,” said Dana, who graduated from Boston University with a Masters in arts administration and from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a Bachelors in museum education and community art education.”

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