Entrepreneurship

Tiësto who?

Shady outfits can damage a country’s reputation faster and more thoroughly than almost anything else, especially if it a promised top-rating event, tickets sold and people arrive from all over the Gulf specifically for that event end up being shafted. Tickets were sold by someone called Ayman Al-Hamad who supposedly owns an outfit called B&D …

Interdependencies

I found this really sad: An Indian man, who had life-saving brain surgery at the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), has gone missing, it was revealed yesterday. The guy most probably needs further medical attention but because his stay in Bahrain has become illegal and he obviously continues to want to live and work here (maybe …

The GCC Currency Yoyo

I’m confused. Are we (as the GCC) going to have a single currency come 2010 or won’t we? Our PM is adamant that we will: ولكن،هناك لغط داخل منظومة مجلس التعاون حيال الوحدة النقدية.. ما هو موقف مملكة البحرين من العملة الخليجية الموحدة؟ ** على الجميع أن يدرك أن دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي، كيان واحد …

tail wagging the dog

According to Fadhlalah, Isa Qassim and a bevy of other religious scholars taxes are haram. With this opinion, our largest parliamentary bloc has been falling all over itself yesterday and today to distance themselves from their unanimous decision to adopt and approve the “Unemployment Benefits which automatically deduct 1% of everyone’s salary which will be …