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.

Heads rolling yet?

The first Bahrain National Competitiveness Report is out and it basically says that we are screwed. That is we have been screwed up for thirty years because of gross mismanagement and bad decisions. Dow Jones puts it this way: Bahrain Lack Of Planning Cited As Major Econ Problem MANAMA, Bahrain -(Dow Jones)- Bahrain’s lack of …

New benchmark for Bahrain’s economy

Bahrain’s first Competitiveness Report was released yesterday by the newly formed Bahrain National Competitiveness Council (BNCC). The report highlights areas affecting Bahrain’s competitiveness ranking against other regional and international countries and examines in detail the factors driving its macro-economic competitive situation. It also highlights how oil-dependent revenue stimulates economic activity, but at the same time …

Demonstrations

I’ve attended two demonstrations this afternoon in Bahrain, one was FOR the codification of personal and family status laws now, while I drove past the other which was AGAINST the codification of these laws without a perpetual guarantee to not tamper with the resultant laws by anyone other than approved clerics. The first demonstration was …

Googling Mtv

Here are the last 20 hits on the site, I look at this for a lot of fun trying to see what prompts people to visit Mtv and what they hope to find when they get here, so here goes, the latest entries from the referrer file: 1. google.com.pk from Pakistan searching for “Anti Asra …