The King Hamad Grand Mosque is being built on the instruction of king Hamad between the islands of Manama and Muharraq. The construction of the compound and its beauty and facilities pale into insignificance when the king attests that this new house of worship is destined to be used by all Muslims without exception; in …
Month: October 2007
A couple of things I really came to appreciate today: the first is the wealth of information available on the Internet, again, and the second is those manual labourers who we continuously take for granted! The story is this: I wanted to build a regular red-brick column/plinth in the Zen Garden onto which I would …
I’ve been documenting some of my experiences – as meagre as they are – in a new blog I call “Mahmood’s Garden” and have also taken the opportunity to list some of the plants I have in my garden and fill out information about them I gathered from various locations on the web. Apart from …
Eyad and I are proposing another gathering on Sunday 21st October at Motorox to watch and enjoy the gripping F1 finalé. The race starts at 9pm 7pm Bahrain time and lasts for 90 minutes normally. Please be there by 8 6.30 or so if you can because if you come and and block the screen …
Thinking of Eid? Well, it’s only a few more days hence, but until then, enjoy this feast! Man I love food porn. Bon appetite!