Purple flowers, originally uploaded by malyousif. My gardener insists on calling this lovely plant “Senarium” although I looked in all the reference books I’ve got about gardening and searched in the Internet using all iterations of the name and couldn’t find anything resembling it. It shouldn’t take me too long to actually find out though… …
According to my sources, it seems that the Royal Court has finally initiated an official investigation in the Bandargate scandal and the king has instructed the Minister of the Prime Minister’s Court, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla to progress the case through the judicial authorities. The judicial authorities in turn are said to have drawn a …
With the announcement tonight that Al-Wefaq “will attend Wednesday’s session as they have now achieved the demonstration of their displeasure with the government” I am left wondering what their position actually is, other than a completely amateurish and childish foot-stomping tantrum! What have they realistically achieved by this boycott? Did the government give in to …
It’s official, Khalifa Al-Dhahrani was elected unopposed to the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives for the second term in parliament, while Ghanim Al-Buainain was elected as first deputy chairman and Salah Ali as second deputy chairman. All positions were filled in the absence of Al-Wefaq, the largest parliamentary bloc which boycotted both …
Whoever said that a woman cannot get just a “little” pregnant is totally wrong. Al-Wefaq Islamic Society has put paid to that myth. They are – officially – just a little pregnant. They mounted an excellent electioneering campaign in which 17 out of 18 candidates fielded won seats in Parliament, and they were even more …