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 …
Month: May 2006
Ambassador Mahmoud Abdel Gawad Po Box 818, Villa 18, Road 23, Mahouz, Manama 332, Bahrain Tel: (+973) 1772 0005 Fax: (973) 1772 1518 email egyembbh@batelco.com.bh website Mubarak didn’t you have enough already? How old are you for goodness sake? 21 raring to take on the whole world by the scruff of the neck? No, you’re …
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 …
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 …
The BCSR has released another of its interesting statistics which they get commissioned to do from time to time; this time they were asked to gauge the optimism of the street in the country and its direction. The results are hardly surprising, in summary, they are: 62.9% Optimistic 12.1% Pessimistic 82.9% Believe Bahrain to be …