Fast Fred, originally uploaded by malyousif. This truck is taking part in the FIA Drag Racing Festival which is taking place at the Bahrain International Circuit the final of which is tonight. This truck might have the aerodynamics of a brick, but damn it is both FAST and LOUD! more pictures from last night

According to the BBC, two Bahrainis have been identified amongst the dead in Amman, Jordan. Fuck you Zarqawi and the wahabi pigs who support you, do your worst, we’re not afraid. My deep condolences to the families and friends of all the deceased and injured in this atrocity. update 12 Nov 2005 Relatives and family …

Sayed Dhiya Al-Mousawi (who also writes a daily column fro Al-Wasat newspaper) shows how clerics should think like: Bahraini Researcher Dhiaa Mussawi: Women Should be Rulers in the Arab and Muslim World. I Call for Understanding the West, Not Dissolving in It. The following are excerpts from an interview with the Bahraini researcher Dhiyaa Mussawi, …