Month: September 2006

Bandargate…

Let the games begin. سلطات الأمن تبعد صلاح البندر عن البلاد أبعدت السلطات الرسمية مساء أمس الأول (الثلثاء) المستشار السابق في أحد الأجهزة الرسمية صلاح البندر، بريطاني الجنسية من أصل سوداني، إلى المملكة المتحدة (لندن)ØŒ بعد ان تم التحقيق معه في الليلة نفسها في مبنى النيابة العامة، حيث وجهت له تهمة محاولة قلب نظام الحكم …

The Khabbaz

The Khabbaz, originally uploaded by malyousif. The baker preparing to slap the dough on the wall of the clay oven. This is the traditional way in which bread in Bahrain is baked. It is also called Iranian bread or Khobbiz (hence the baker in Arabic is called Khabbaz). This Khabbaz is in Saar village. Khobbiz …

Stealing the elections

I don’t think there is any political society in Bahrain worth its salt that has blessed the forcing through of electronic voting by the government. I agree with them; not only are there technical and security issues associated with this process, there is also a huge political objection (arabic) too which should be addressed. All …