Month: April 2007

Long faces

The governors of the six central banks in the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council have been given their political marching orders to unify our currencies by 2010, that is in less than 3 years’ time, but it seems that political orders are one thing, practical considerations are a wholly different kettle of fish. For one thing, …

Free Internet in Bahrain in May!

أعلن العضو المنتدب لشركة (2 كونيكت) فهد الشيراوي أن شركته ستبدأ بتوفير خدمة الإنترنت مجاناً للأفراد في البحرين اعتباراً من مايو/ أيار المقبل كمرحلة أولى، على أن يتم تغطية مناطق البحرين كافة مع الربع الأول من العام المقبل 2008 بحيث تكون خدمة الإنترنت المجانية متوافره للجميع في البحرين. وقال: إن ” اختيار هذه المناطق تم …

Persian WHAT?

Is it just me or did you guys also notice that Radio Bahrain has started using that “P” word to describe the ARABIAN Gulf? Especially in reports (I last heard it read by Gillian Wood) on the 8am news when reading about the British hostages in Iran? What’s the deal? Has that been officially sanctioned …

Finally, a charity with a brain

Houses of worship are important to any community. They build communities’ spirits and spirituality which makes their buildings hallowed halls, and hence, the human psyche and people’s need for immortality made their construction a sought after enterprise. This might also explain the quantity of these halls in almost all societies. In Bahrain for instance, even …