Mahmood's Den

Over the last few years of active blogging, and BBSing and other forms of electronic communication since 1986, I have decided to stop active blogging and would like to thank everyone for their friendship, support, suggestions and comments.
It’s been fun, but it’s time to move on.
Thanks very much and best of luck to everyone. It’s [...]

Sirmione Castle, originally uploaded by malyousif.

Have a wonderful Eid
enjoyed among your loved ones and thinking of those less fortunate

snail, originally uploaded by malyousif.

Guys, I’ll be taking a break from blogging for a while.
I don’t know for how long that while is.
Thanks all for your support.
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend.

For the first time in a very long time I actually feel guilty for not updating the blog. I am genuinely busy and haven’t had a day’s rest for a long time. This is Good™ and I’m not complaining.
To put you in the picture, I have 8 productions all happening at the same time; one [...]

They’re certainly not the first supermarket in Bahrain to try to get rid of plastic bags and wrappings and I hope it won’t be the last either, but my friend Muneera – who is no stranger to health and healthy lifestyle herself – informed me that yesterday Al-Osra started their environmental experiment in earnest by [...]

You know that you are a Gulf Arab (or a long term resident) if a story like this doesn’t even make you stop and contemplate life for a while:
Baby camel still missing after crash
MYSTERY surrounds the whereabouts of a baby camel, which fled after being involved in a road accident in which two people were [...]

Frangipani flower, originally uploaded by malyousif.

This is definitely one of my favourite plants. The scent especially in the early evening is stunning.
Have a wonderful and peaceful weekend my friends.

The shiny new Nokia E71 I bought yesterday has prompted me to try it’s capabilities, image wise that is, so what better way to do that other than to take you on a garden tour while using it to record the experience?
Will this be the return to regular M.Reports? I sure hope so, I missed [...]

I’ve not really been an advocate of the iPhone at all, happily concentrating on the negatives rather than recognising the positives. Well no more. I decided that as I have started to hate the newly bought Sony Ericsson C902, it’s time to just accept the call of lust and go for the iPhone 3G and [...]

What better way to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Ramadhan, my friends, other than to share with you the Anti-hate campaign’s winning logo which was announced last night at the event organised by Al-Waqt newspaper and attended by government, political and electronic publishing personalities and in which more than 23 websites, fora [...]