Month: December 2006

Regional reflections

First, we had that Washington Post OpEd by Obaid, a security consultant for the Saudi government, in which he opined that: In February 2003, a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, warned President Bush that he would be “solving one problem and creating five more” if he …

Killjoy!

“Islam encourages everybody to practice sports and maintain physical fitness,” said the imam addressing worshippers at the Omar Bin Al Khattab mosque on Friday. Excellent.. carry on shaikh. “However, while Islam does not prohibit women taking part in sports such events should be held in places where men cannot see them and the matches should …

Rain and more rain!

Rain and more rain!, originally uploaded by malyousif. We had an unbelievable downpour of rain over the last couple of weeks. Today, the Heavens opened up about 4 times and each time it was raining harder and more than the last session. This was shot about an hour ago against a bright floodlight and gives …

Al-Watan hacked?

Someone sent me this picture (thanks mate!) which shows Al-Watan Newspaper‘s website hacked today. The website is back to normal now. This is how it allegedly was earlier: click for larger viewclick to view a picture of the restored site Can anyone confirm this? Why would anyone do this and why was Al-Watan targeted? Because …