donut, originally uploaded by southeast star. Damn, I could REALLY do with a doughnut like this one this morning, together with a good double espresso…

Global Soul has a good survey going to ascertain how Bahraini men view and interact with women in the workspace and home. Please take a moment to answer some questions to help her in the survey.

The Joker has some good advice and thoughts about Bahrain’s sporting prospects and their economic impact. He beseeches our Crown Prince to join him in supporting our national athletes in their endeavors. I gladly tag along too.

Or is Manama Republic reading too much into it? Cultural insensitivity though it is, and we hope it stops at that rather than blatantly celebrate a new era of further and more entrenched sectarian divide engineered by blind(ed) strategists.