The streets of Manama play will play host to a unique parade of cars competing in this year’s Porsche Michelin SuperCup on Monday [March 28]. Two Bahraini drivers will be among the fifteen contenders leaving the Sakhir circuit at around mid-day. Local hopefuls, Shaikh Salman bin Essa Al Khalifa and Shaikh Jaber bin Ali Al …
Professor Juan Cole thinks:”An outspoken but generally anti-Shiite Bahrain blog by a Sunni is Mahmood’s Den” So I’m anti-shi’ite, and I’m a Sunni! Apart from both statement being completely wrong (I’m not just a Shi’ite, but am a Sayyed and an Alawi (both parents are Sayyeds and can trace their lineage as descendants of the …
my rantings and ramblings on everyday affairs in a magical kingdom :: All articles posted here have been written by Amira Al Hussaini and have been published in the Gulf Daily News unless stated otherwise. This is MY archive..Don’t dare mess up with it.
In a recent poll I wanted to know how many people actually bother to write parliament or their MP on any issue they felt strongly about. It turns out at about 17% of respondents actually did! Which I find very surprising, I thought the ratio would be closer to less than 5%. It would now …