Year: 2005

Please Take Your Gift

Please Take Your Gift Originally uploaded by malyousif. What’s the gift you may ask? A copy of the translated Qur’an and a booklet on how to convert to Islam. Where was this stand you might ask? AT THE FORMULA ONE CIRCUIT IN BAHRAIN! Since when was a motorsport venue a space for religious missionaries? Their …

You Liiiii?

me boredom too much completewithstomachacheandineedadrink so John Cox came up with something that I can sink my teeth into and screw around with a bit, but I thought I’d ask you what you thought first (causeI’makindaniceguy)… so whatchathinkoftheseclothes? nifty? or would you rather stay with what we have?

I am warm in the ashes

I am warm in the ashes Originally uploaded by awfulsara. Touching photography from one Sara Heinrichs, the story with this photograph is particularly touching: One of the things that was really hard for me traveling in Myanmar was the way dogs are treated (and cats too I spose, tho they just stay out of sight, …

Competing Claims

The European Commission’s talks in Manama this week gave a new lease of life to long-stalled free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf states. With many outstanding issues on the table, from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members’ dissatisfaction with the EU’s tariff regime, to the Europeans dissatisfaction with the current rush to sign bilateral …