Just arrived in Shanghai this afternoon and checked in to a lovely hotel on the The Bund and overlooking the Huangpu river. You see the view from my room above. Quite nice. First impressions of Shanghai is nothing short of “wow” mixed in with “oh shit!” and an occasional “daaaaamn!”. Let me explain: From the …
Year: 2011
Thanks to @BahBourgeois, we now have a translation of the original letter which created a lot of feedback and requests for translation. So here’s the translation: To The Gathering of National Unity Thank you. Thanks to you we are no longer at a loss and we now know the path of righteousness so we followed …
This just in from the official Bahrain News Agency: Manama, May 8. (BNA) – His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today issued Royal Decree 39 for the year 2011 on lifting the State of National Safety. According to the Decree, the State of National Safety will be lifted on June 1, 2011. His …
It’s with pleasure that I read that Al-Wasat‘s investors have decided to rescind their previous decision to close down the paper. The board of directors has now decided to continue publishing the paper under their new management. Regardless of my personal apprehensions on its current editorial direction, and my sadness for the forced resignation by …
I couldn’t have put it better myself. Thank you Jon. Another thought: people in Bahrain should look in the mirror whenever they utter words such as “no forgiveness”, “retribution”, “traitor”, “them”, “enemy” and the like as Jon’s observation applies too; however in our situation, even though some gold coin might very well be left behind …