Soon, Bahrain’s streets, villages and towns will once again live several days of a perfumed atmosphere. The wafts of tear-gas and the sounds of rubber bullets will be infused in decrepit narrow streets, while that effervescent smell of burning rubber, that major adrenaline aphrodisiac normally only experienced when paying hundreds of dinars at the F1 …
Day: May 17, 2007
A few days ago all hell broke loose when Al-Wasat broke the story that the largest constellation of coral reefs in Bahrain was up for grabs, if it hadn’t already. Ministries were quick to vociferously deny such a thing and issued legal threats to sue everyone who dares to suggest a transparent government. Well, today …
Gardener’s loyalty rewarded DUBAI: Dubai’s ruler has awarded a 63-year-old Pakistani gardener 50,000 dirhams ($13,600 or BD5,125) for always showing up to work on time during the 28 years he spent working there. The bonus Mohammad Nazier received was the equivalent of 49 months’ pay from his job with the state’s municipal authority. GDN :: …