Well, Christmas has officially started in our household! We put up the tree, some decoration, switched on the lights (yes they all work so this is most definitely a minor miracle!) and even Amna helped! More pictures here, but here’s a small selection of thumbnails for you to get the general idea: click for the …
Month: December 2003
I’m back! But I almost didn’t go. The Dubai 8th International Airspace Show was on at the same time. Because of that, every single room seemed to have been booked way in advance so when I wanted to reserve a room last week there was no chance. The only room we found was at the …
back on Thursday.. see you then!
There is a movement in the parliament to at last address an issue that is important. The “Minbar Islamists” have tabled a motion to force all public officials to declare their worth before they take office, and then audit them when they leave. Excellent. At last something useful. They shouldn’t stop at the public official …
Talk about double standards! The big hullabaloo about forced registrations of foreigners in the States riled every single Muslim on the planet, now we have the chairman of the Bahraini Parliament proposing that all foreigners on the island to have them electronically scanned. The excuse he’s using is that this process will “ease” their interaction …