Editing Hawar Islands (section)

==Description==
The islands used to be one of the settlements of the Bahraini branch of the [[Dawasir]] who settled there in the early 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/87/7027.pdf |title=Case concerning Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain |work=ICJ |date=16 March 2001 |page=44 |access-date=3 November 2009 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225074900/https://www.icj-cij.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The islands were first surveyed in 1820, when they were called the Warden's Islands, and two villages were recorded.<ref name=whs /> They are now uninhabited, other than a police garrison and a hotel on the main island; access to all but Hawar island itself is severely restricted. Local fishermen are allowed to fish in adjacent waters and there is some recreational fishing and tourism on and around the islands.<ref name=rambah11>{{cite web |url=http://www.ramsar.org/pdf/regional-initiatives/UAE_Workshop_Files_May2011/Fujairah_Workshop_May2011/All%20PDF%20documents%20Fujaira/BAHRAIN.pdf |title=Bahrain |work=[[Ramsar Convention]] |page=11}}</ref> Fresh water has always been scarce; historically it was obtained by surface collection and even today, with the desalination plant, additional supplies have to be brought in.<ref name=whs />