Now we know why the Ministry of DISinformation is so desperate to control the Internet: According to Al-Wasat this morning, the Ministry of DISinformation has instructed the Bahrain Internet Exchange to block Google Earth. Possibly because through Google Earth, the whole world, let alone the Bahraini users, can zoom in and have a good look …
Month: August 2006
What? You don’t believe me? Jenson Button is a home-owner at Durrat Al-Bahrain, I’m sure his Bahraini sponsors are thrilled with his result, as finally, after a very long wait, lady luck visited him and gave him the win he has been chasing. Hopefully this will now boost his self-confidence and we will now begin …
and it’s got to be scratched. You know the one… the one that tells you that its time to change your career again. It’s been 15 years with me running this business; however, while we have had quite a number of changes imposed upon us by market forces, I feel that I want to something …
We have a saying in Bahrain which says something like “once the festivities have ended, the old hag arrived” which roughly equates to “missing the boat” or maybe even to some extent not to bother with anything because one has no say in any proceedings and cannot influence any outcome. I think these sayings should …
With the wealth of information access in the Arab world, courtesy of the internet and satellite TVs, more and more people are rightly asking for their God-given rights, rather than just be happy with those “bestowed” on them by kings and presidents. Those times, have gone and will never come back. Witness Wajiha al-Huweidar, she …