Year: 2005

Sneak visit…

050117_dubai_0103 Originally uploaded by malyousif. This is just a teaser.. I’ve got maybe about 300 – 400 photographs I shot in the old part of Dubai this morning… I’ve just come back home (Bahrain) from the 24-hour trip and am a bit tired, so the uploads will have to wait till tomorrow or the day …

Time to Vote!

Today is the first day of voting for the Best Arab Blog of 2004, so please go there and demonstrate your support to the 119 entries, and vote for your favourite of course. Voting will end on Jan 31st with results announced a little later. As both myself and Haitham are the organisers, our blogs …

Limited Reshuffle disappoints

The ministerial rotation has finally been published. A couple of new names, 5 out. Roll call first: 1. Prime minister: Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa 2. Minister of Islamic Affairs: Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al-Khalifa (vice-premier) 3. Minister of Foreign Affairs: Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa (vice-premier) 4. Minister of Transportation: Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa …