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.

Fast Fred

Fast Fred, originally uploaded by malyousif. This truck is taking part in the FIA Drag Racing Festival which is taking place at the Bahrain International Circuit the final of which is tonight. This truck might have the aerodynamics of a brick, but damn it is both FAST and LOUD! more pictures from last night

Way to go Sayed!

Sayed Dhiya Al-Mousawi (who also writes a daily column fro Al-Wasat newspaper) shows how clerics should think like: Bahraini Researcher Dhiaa Mussawi: Women Should be Rulers in the Arab and Muslim World. I Call for Understanding the West, Not Dissolving in It. The following are excerpts from an interview with the Bahraini researcher Dhiyaa Mussawi, …

Foot in mouth time

So we have this thing happening in Bahrain now (I know, with everything else that is happening you would be excused to not notice it) which is the Forum for the Future (official site). From my understanding this is something sponsored by the big boys, the G8, to “modernise” the Broader Middle East in getting …

Dance monkey boy!

I got this link sent to me by my brother Hani (thanks), have a look and take heed, managers of international companies who can’t dance shouldn’t, and those who are fat and can’t dance most certainly should not, and those who are fat, can’t dance and have a charisma of a 3-day dog turd in …