Month: October 2007

Go to sleep “shaikh”

This is one of the best satirical and a direct punch to the guts piece by Mohammed Al-Othman, the columnist at Al-Wasat newspaper and ends it with exposing a scandal! Whether Bahrainis will do anything about it (if tree of course) is anyone’s guess.. but I personally won’t hold my breath. I don’t have time …

The “English Border”

The "English Border" WIP, originally uploaded by malyousif. I know. You must be asking yourself “where does he get these weird names from?” Questions which I can’t honestly answer in full as I name areas in my garden in order to think about them “off line” specifically without describing them as “the patch at the …

Off limits!

Helicopters are flying overhead and have been since yesterday. That’s a sure sign of trouble in Bahrain. Reading Al-Waqt this morning provided the possible answer: الداخلية: «أم النعسان» مخصصة من الملك للاستخدامات الخاصة بقوة الدفاع صرّح الوكيل المساعد للشؤون القانونية في وزارة الداخلية، بأنه بشأن اعتزام مجموعة من الأشخاص القيام برحلة عن طريق البر والبحر …