yellow flowers Originally uploaded by malyousif. Anyone know what these things are? I suddenly noticed them in our garden and they look really beautiful! I have no idea what they are though (no I didn’t plant them and not sure who did, probably the gardner!)

A short program done by Bahrain TV on the occasion of my father’s (Nasser Al-Yousif) solo exhibition of his blockprints and paintings at the National Art Centre in Bahrain. The program language is Arabic.

What a day! This was the pre-cursor to the F1 proper, and have the first ever F1 car driving at hellish speeds on a public road was brilliant. Here is the movie I have created, with the help of Arif who actually shot quite a lot of video that afternoon. Two version are available, low …

as done and enjoyed by all, me especially. We were fortunate enough to have peacefulmuslimah with us, flying all the way from Doha! (she regards Doha as the suburbs of Bahrain, so that can’t be too bad!). Here’s a mugshot of the crew:See if you can recognise who’s who! There are more pictures here Looking …

So what would a child dream of? Money? Power? Politics? Not a chance… they’re more concerned with the “real” pleasures of life: FAST CARS!