 Most Bahrainis of African descent originate from East Africa and have traditionally lived in Muharraq Island and Riffa.The Huwala are the descendants of Sunni Iranians who migrated to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf during the 19th century.Many of them originally lived in Awadhiya (a neighborhood in Godaibiya) and Hoora, both which are now nearly exclusively only populated by foreigners of Filipino, Indian and Bengali origins, however they later resettled in Muharraq Island and Riffa.