It is good to experience the goodness of people. Our office boy was busy doing too many things at the same time that he didn’t notice accidentally dropping our maid’s recently issued CPR (ID) card while getting into his car. A few minutes ago I received a call from a total stranger telling me that …
Month: August 2005
A startling and detailed insight into the Judicial and Penal system in Bahrain has been published in America. The Author, Richard Mechan, is a Briton who spent nearly four years in Jau prison. His book details his personal experiences as a lone Briton who suffered and witnessed the torture, beatings, attempted rape, and the riots …
Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli does a very good job in introducing open source software to lay people with real world examples on how others have implemented “free” software within their environments, be that home, work or school. This is the second book by Dr. Al-Ubaydli, the first, Handhelds for Doctors has already been translated into 3 …
The GDN this morning tells us that a mosque preacher in Busaiteen in the island of Muharraq, a hotbed of Wahabi culture, has been suspended due to a sermon he preached about Zionism and “Sectarian Issues” on the front page in the “World this morning” column: Preacher suspended MANAMA: A cleric was reportedly suspended yesterday …
nice nails, originally uploaded by malyousif. typical of some of the hilarious signs we see all over the island, literal translation from Arabic or Indian which is harmless in the native language, but hilarious when literally translated into English!