The 15th of Sha’abaan, the 8th month on the Muslim Hijri calendar holds special significance to Shi’a Muslims. On that night – called the Nasfah – they celebrate the birth of their last Imam, Imam Al-Mahdi, the 12th and last Shi’a Imam who went into occultation in 939AD. It is said that on his reappearance …
I drove to the Tree of Life this afternoon in order to get good sunset shots with the Old Lady in them. Almost at the site, I parked the car by the side of the road and got out in order to take the wide shot of the locale and other general shots to sweeten …
This is the first bloggers’ gathering at the new location, new day of the week and new time as has been decided in our last meeting. The gathering will be at 10AM (and not 11 as previously published) on Saturday September 1st at the Dulce Café by Nasser Pharmacy in New Zinj. Their number is …
You probably remember Mr. Wagdy Ghoneim, the guy that was thrown out of the States and is now still waiting for being blessed with a Bahraini passport (shock horror!) even though his immensely popular religious show on our Bahrain TV canned; hence, the country no longer requires his services, but he’s not only still around, …
Just testing the new toy… [MEDIA=1]