“I got you, you bastard and I am not running to the secret abortion clinic or having a hymen make-over at the hypocrisy salon. The unabashed openness of her act makes of the mother a responsible adult and of the father a cowardly boy copulating in hiding.” And she’s not dead? Her brother, father, uncle, …

Since Mahmood is experiencing a writer”s block, I thought I would stir up the conversation a bit with a subject that is guranteed to stir some thoughts. I have a confession to make. I am a book addict, I love books. Here are some of my favorite books that I would like to share with …

Can’t be bothered to write. I actually did some work today: sent out some quotations, actually talked to a few customers, received an unexpected visitor who I’m helping to produce a documentary (for free!), and went out on my second photography escapade at lunch time to the Manama Corniche, a place I’ve only been to …