Month: October 2004

Green light

The King yesterday opened the third session of the Bahraini Parliament and unequivocally has given the body the green light to go ahead and fix the laws which might impact freedoms and investments in Bahrain. You can’t get a greener light than that. Now it remains to be seen what our Parliament can do with …

Teaching intolerance

One of the most challenging changes the Arab and Muslim worlds are facing now more than ever is the modernisation and moderation of their curricula in order to raise responsible and world-aware people for the next generation. For too long our education system has been based on reading, remembering and regurgitating information without any attempt …