This article first appeared on Global Voices. This is a weekly Bahrain blogs roundup which I contribute to Global Voices every Monday. Dr. Abdulhadi Khalaf, the Bahraini dissident and member of the first parliament that was dissolved in 1975, now lives in Sweden and lectures at Lund University, posts a report about his Christmas visit …
[arabic]أعزائي, كل عام وأنتم بألÙ? خير وعاÙ?ية [/arabic] I wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous Hijra New Year! So how will you spend tonight, the eve of the 1427th Muslim new year?
flower house, originally uploaded by malyousif. I’ve found someone else who is obsessed with flowers and gardening, but this guy (or gal) took it in a very nice way. Just look at the amount of pots and colours he’s got all over his house! Wonderful job, really really nice, but you have to see it …
How did we do that, exactly? We’ve found another thing to complain about! About what you ask? Well, about 12 cartoons which we found to be objectionable. Ok, I object too. Now get over it, there is no reason to pull ambassadors, issue a declaration of condemnation after a declaration of condemnation, and tying up …
picture credit: Al-Jazeera Most definitely, if you read the majority of what has already been written and analysed to death about Hamas winning the elections in Palestine. Some have even suggested that we (the Arabs) are not ready for democracy, simply because Islamists might (read most definitely) get to power. Hogwash. Democracy as an ideal …