Month: August 2004

The death of Al-Wefaq?

Not everyone is happy [arabic] with the totalitarian board of Al-Wefaq, so much so that some of their leading lights are deserting and wanting to start another political society. One of these is Dr. Nizar Al-Baharna who is so far insisting on starting a political society to be called “Justice and Progress.” Dr. Nizar resigned …

Ali Salman on the march…

Bahrain’s top Shi’i leaders said yesterday that they would march to Najaf and protect it if Iraq’s highest Shi’i leader, Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, called upon Muslims to join efforts to end the fighting and bring peace back to the city. Sheikh Ali Salman, an opposition leader and spokesman for the organizers, said Shi’i leaders were …

Finally, a dictionary to explain the female’s conversation subtexts!

BERLIN (Reuters) – A leading German dictionary publisher plans to launch a guide it says will help men translate the subtext of female conversation. The Langenscheidt publishing group, best known for its well-respected yellow foreign language dictionaries, will launch sales of a 128-page book to translate such baffling female banter as: “Let’s just cuddle” into …