Basima Al-Qassab did an excellent job in profiling the blogging scene in Bahrain, she is of course a blogger too! Her blog – “Impression of the butterfly” is well worth a read. Her articles and research covers 4 pages! If you haven’t yet, you might want to grab a copy of Al-Waqt to read the …
Year: 2007
My first Chico Fruit!, originally uploaded by malyousif. I’m rather chuffed this morning as I discovered that my chico tree has produced a single fruit! Chico (or Sapodilla – Manilkara zapota) is one of my favourite fruits, I couldn’t get enough of them. If you’ve never had them, go buy some if at all available …
For just a few days, invited by the Bahrain Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organisation, a group of just 22 people, to address a few schools and business groups in Bahrain to talk to them about his various community projects, the most visible of which is the Guardian Angels of course. I was invited by …
We, as in the “Royal” We, as in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as in Mumtalakat Holdings, the totally Bahraini government owned company which is supposed to also own all of the government companies and companies which the government has a better than 50% stake in, nows owns 30% of McLarren! How sweet is that? Here’s …
Haifaa Al-Mansour will be showing her much acclaimed film Women without Shadows tonight at 6PM at the Bahrain Cinema Club. The film and its director both received various local and international accolades, some of which are: The Golden Dagger in Muscat Film Festival for best documentary- 2006 The Critics Golden Dagger for best film- Muscat …