Month: March 2007

I didn’t go!

And I’m kicking myself for not getting tickets ahead of time. I am really angry with myself, this was a golden opportunity that I was waiting for for some time now to attend Marcel Khalife’s performance and the last two nights were apparently magical especially that this time Marcel was in collaboration with Bahraini poet …

BYSHR’s Electronic Journalism Freedom and the Role of Blogs in Supporting Human Rights Workshop

Mohammed Al-Maskati and myself participated in the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights’ Electronic Journalism Freedom and the Role of Blogs in Supporting Human Rights Workshop last night at the Bahrain Human Rights Society’s premises in Adliya. The inaugural session was presented by the Al-Wasat columnist Mohammed Al-Othman in which he discussed the ethics of …

Hyacinth blooming

Hyacinth blooming, originally uploaded by malyousif. Hope and beauty! This is one of the bulbs I received from Patty a couple of weeks ago, they’re all doing well and some have already started to show signs of blooming, like this little guy. I’ve planted them all in pots and lined the breakfast area’s wall with …