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.

Hands in cookie jars

We all know that this area of the world contains some of the most corrupt institutions and officials, actually putting these transgressors and transgressions on paper though is a completely new thing. That’s to me is not the question however, the real questions are: will they be prosecuted and will the stolen money be taken …

We need a calendar

You would think that after 1400 years we would have one that we can take for granted, but no dice. Eyeballing the moon (howling optional) is the thing to do and messing up people’s lives is not even a consideration. Hang on a minute though, we do have an agreed calendar called Umm al-Qura (mother …

Eid stoppers…

They gathered up in Barbar last night in Sayed Al-Wida’i’s house and listened to 26 witnesses who saw the moon, yet, the “hawza” thought, nope, it’s not Eid so we’ll delay it by a day and declare for Friday. What fun! Eid Mubarak guys and gals, I’m declaring Eid today! [arabic]السيد الوداعي – البحرين البيان …