Bahraini Girls, Pit Babes! Originally uploaded by malyousif. Lovely girls at the Heritage Tent at the BIC. This is what you missed if you didn’t go to the very first Bahrain GT Festrival and more!

Pressure on the Bahraini government has been growing in recent days from an unexpected direction – the country’s Gulf Arab neighbours. The issue at stake is the free trade agreement Bahrain is on course for with the United States, which other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) fear may undermine efforts to create greater …

Arif and I will be at the GT Festival ALL day! If you’re around, look us up! Should be a lot of fun… UPDATE: We got pictures! • Hi-Res pictures of the day (about 100!) • Day 1 GT Festival Pit Babes • Lo-Res (mobile) pictures of the day Enjoy!

Since last night the server has been acting up, and I couldn’t do anything with it thanks to Batelco’s screwups as well. Finally it seems that Batelco’s problems (this time) are over and the internet is functioning normally again. I had a chance to do something about the server today, you might have noticed several …

In half an hour, the streets of Manama will reverberate to the music of high-powered engines. The GT caravan is driving through town, starting from Seef through to the BIC in Sukheer passing just outside my office on the King Faisal highway. That’s where you’ll find me, taking pictures, or trying to anyway if they’re …