mahmood

An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while.

Caught doing WHAT?

Whilst returning from a day at the circuit he penned at Sakhir to his hotel in the capital Manama, the German engineer was stopped by police on a motorway for exceeding the 100kph speed limit by 50kph, according to the Swiss newspaper Blick. Apparently Tilke was taken to the police station for no less than …

Distributing money with reckless abandon

Is the main modus operandi of this parliament, and further solidifies the opinion of not only their uselessness, but also their one-track mindedness which lost its compass. We read this in this morning’s papers: مكافآت للأئمة والمؤذنين تتراوح بين ألفين Ùˆ5 آلاف دينار مكافآت للأئمة والمؤذنين تتراوح بين ألفين Ùˆ5 آلاف دينار وافقت لجنة الشؤون …

What’s an “imbecile”?

I went looking, just in case my own understanding of the term is lacking somewhat, and this is one of the definitions (with plenty of synonyms) offered by UrbanDictionary.com: imbecile idiot moron retard stupid fool cretin dolt dumbass blockhead simpleton jackass dimwit dumb dunce retarded donkey ignoramus dope dummy half-wit jerk loser numskull tard ass …

Bee on Cassia

Bee on Cassia, originally uploaded by malyousif. This particular tree, the Cassia surattensis, attracts these bumble-bees which dive-bomb it to get the nectar. Stand long enough and you can certainly imagine a fighter jets descending on a carrier or a war zone with the noise and movements they make! Have a wonderful Friday (the thirteenth!) …