Breakfast time!, originally uploaded by malyousif. We have many parakeets coming down for breakfast every morning. And as the weather has been rather cold for Bahrain, they have been ravenous. Together with other birds, the heaped plate of food my wife puts out to them every morning is finished within a few hours. There is …
Month: January 2007
I wish to extend my thanks to everyone who nominated the Den for the 2007 bloggies, unfortunately we didn’t make it this year, but there are others who are just as worthy who have been nominated: Healing Iraq My Marrakesh Raising Yousuf, Unplugged Dotty Rhino Secret Dubai Diary Please take a moment to vote for …
A traditional activity during the Muharram Ashura commemorations is that various communities in Bahrain do different things, all of which are helping each other, especially taking care of the less fortunate by giving alms and/or food. The food is cooked by various entities and distributed for free to everyone who wants it. The "Ajam Bahrainis" …
Christmas Flower, originally uploaded by malyousif. Our Christmas Cactus is late in flowering this year, it normally starts the buds in late November and flowers almost exactly on Christmas day (hence the name) but this year it has just started flowering. This time however the flowers are breathtaking and better than at any time in …
Like everyone I know, I am worried about the overt sectarian tones sweeping the whole Middle East. Everywhere you look now there is sectarian strife in various stages and on various levels. People are being stigmatized because they are one “type” or another; even religious clerics gathered recently in Qatar to attend a rapprochement conference …