Diraz (Arabic: الدراز) is a village on the north west coast of Bahrain. It lies to the east of Budaiya, west of Bar-bar and north of Bani Jamra. It is a predominantly Shia village.
Yusuf Al Bahrani (1695–1772), who led the revival of Akhbari thought within Shia Islam in the Eighteenth century, was a native of the village.[1]
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