Month: June 2007

The GCC Currency Yoyo

I’m confused. Are we (as the GCC) going to have a single currency come 2010 or won’t we? Our PM is adamant that we will: ولكن،هناك لغط داخل منظومة مجلس التعاون حيال الوحدة النقدية.. ما هو موقف مملكة البحرين من العملة الخليجية الموحدة؟ ** على الجميع أن يدرك أن دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي، كيان واحد …

Wot? No Rubber Bullets?

Rubber bullets don’t inflict enough pain, it seems, so now riot control police in Bahrain have started using live ammunition instead. Much more effective of course, especially if the intent is to kill rather than merely control: «الأهالي سمعوا صوتا لإطلاق النار فاتصلوا بي وبعد حضوري إلى المنطقة أكد لي رجال الأمن أنهم اطلقوا 3 …

An exquisite dinner

A meal, normally – at least most I have been familiar with – do not last more than 30 minutes, with the first 20 probably trying to call everyone to the table and then messing about with plates and cutlery, etc., then 10 minutes to wolf it down and then back to whatever we were …