Month: October 2004

bloody foreigners!

Typical of foreigners, the Waalkes family who have just arrived in Bahrain are keeping a lizard (house gecko) as a pet, rathern than squashing the bloody thing! I (as a Bahraini) cannot abide lizards, I hate the things with a passion! But my wife, being Scottish, would actually pause and pet them. Ugghhh. I hate …

shaikhs of death

The signatories describe those who use religion for inciting violence as “the sheikhs of deathâ€?. Among those mentioned by name is Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian preacher working in Qatar. The signatories accuse him of “providing a religious cover for terrorism.â€? Last year Qaradawi raised a storm when he issued a fatwa allowing the killing of …

I need this!

and I need it YESTERDAY! They’ve announced it on the nokia.com (at their conference in June) but no vendor in Bahrain (and as far as I can gather neither in Dubai) has it in stock. The Bahrain dealers said between “next week” through to mid-December. I can’t wait that long! If anyone knows where to …