Update 060208-1444: Check out my brother Jamal’s photostream on Flickr. He has good shots of the precession of last night. Here are other tags you might want to have a look at as well: Ashoora and Ashura. Same thing but different spelling. I can’t do a better job than that fish Chan’ad is doing, so …
Month: February 2006
Cartoon discussion was not exclusive to Bahrain or the Middle East last week. That subject took the world by storm; some for and some very against the depiction of the Prophet of Islam not only in a graphical form, which on its own is regarded by Muslims as blasphemous, but the representation was seen as …
King optimistic about larger role for women His Majesty the King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, expressed hope that all citizens will be able to afford their own land in his first interview of the year on issues concerning the country and the region. HM the King’s initiative is integral to his keenness to tackle …
قصر الصاÙÂرية – منصور الجمريقال جلالة الملك ØÂمد بنعيسى آل خليÙÂØ© ÙÂيلقاء خاص عقده مع رؤساء تØÂرير الصØÂ٠المØÂلية أمس الاول انمستوى الصØÂاÙÂØ© المØÂلية قد تطور، وأصبؠما يكتب منتغطيات وأعمدة يقرأ على المستويات المØÂلية والخليجية والعربية، ولا يمكنالاستغناء عنالصØÂاÙÂØ© الØÂرة لأنها «ذراع» للاصلاØÂØŒ وأكد جلالته أنالصØÂاÙÂÙŠ…
photo courtesy Al-Wasat newspaper Isn’t there a law in Bahrain that criminalises burning of flags? Especially flags of those countries which we do have good relations with? Well, this is Mohammed Khalid, the member of parliament and representative of the Northern District 6, sans slippers, burning the Danish flag to show his disapproval of the …