Month: May 2006

Green fields to nowhere

I don’t suppose that the government really intends to have a fair and free elections this year for the municipal and parliamentary elections. Nor is it demonstrating that famed “Arab Hospitality”. In fact it is demonstrating quite the opposite with them closing the National Democratic Institute and throwing its director out of the country without …

Mahmood’s Den, In Arabic!

Yep, I’ve taken the plunge and started a new blog in which I shall (from time to time) publish content in Arabic. The intention – at the moment at least – is to get more comfortable with expressing myself in Arabic. Will there be exclusive content: don’t know yet, Will the ideas there be different …

Diplomacy lessons

I confess that I’m normally not a very good team player. I’ve always liked individual sports and individual pursuits rather than be a part of a team, hell, I couldn’t take the stupid politics while working for Gulf Air so much that I decided to leave and start my own company. So you will excuse …