At least three of the Guantanamo six are coming home today according to papers. The three are Abdulla Al-Nuaimi, Adel Haji and Salman Al-Khalifa. The government hasn’t announced when they are to actually arrive in Bahrain, probably not wanting a welcoming committee at the airport, which is understandable. They will however present them to the …

Global Soul has a modest proposal to our esteemed leaders of the Arab world. Well worth their consideration I think.

Hotels are hit by fresh ban BAHRAIN’S top hotels are being penalised from today for defying the Ramadan alcohol ban. Individual outlets within the hotels which defied the ban have been stopped from selling alcohol at all for seven days. The restriction hits all but two of the country’s five-star hotels, which abided by the …

We all know that this area of the world contains some of the most corrupt institutions and officials, actually putting these transgressors and transgressions on paper though is a completely new thing. That’s to me is not the question however, the real questions are: will they be prosecuted and will the stolen money be taken …

You would think that after 1400 years we would have one that we can take for granted, but no dice. Eyeballing the moon (howling optional) is the thing to do and messing up people’s lives is not even a consideration. Hang on a minute though, we do have an agreed calendar called Umm al-Qura (mother …