Finally, we have some good news: The “We have a right” (+) national campaign has been launched by a group of 29 civic societies in Bahrain including heavy-weights like Bahrain Society for Human Rights, Bahrain Press Society, Al-Muntada Society, NDAS and others calling for the protection and defence of personal freedoms and rights. Another good …

I’ve been invited to give a talk about bloggers and credibility and be on the panel of “blogging 101” at the 4th annual conference of Arab Thought Foundation in Dubai on Dec 5th and 6th. If you’re around please look me up, I’ll be there for the duration. I shall be joined at the panel …

The (what is this now, 14th? 15th?) bloggers gathering last night was excellent. We were fortunate enough to have four new bodies who were most welcome. Silverooo, Tawfiq Al-Rayyash, Ferrous and her son and Mark Doenitz graced us with their presence at a new venue which I think now is a much better location than …

Have you noticed that blogs in each country in the Gulf have a collective theme or trend? I have and I would like to hear your thoughts on this as well. The excellent The Muscatis blog has written about this phenomenon over a year ago, and now a fellow Omani blog, Wardat Al-Khaleej has amplified …

following the leads of Kuwait, Bahrain and even Saudi, the Emirates now decides to have a shot at democracy. Good on them. The more the better.