mahmood Originally uploaded by malyousif. this cartoon was drawn I thin 3 years ago at an exhibition in Amsterdam. the money you give to the artist goes to a charity, I think children’s. the guy did it in less than 10 minutes and is quite impressive. I look *goood* in this one don’t you think?

The Bahraini parliament used to be a matter of pride to all Bahrainis, for or against this “democratic experiment,” in that at least we have one of the very few elected representative councils in the Arab world. We hoped that at the very least it would oversee the government’s performance, raise the living standards for …

MANAMA, 5 November 2004 — Deputies yesterday vowed to implement gender segregation at the University of Bahrain “in order to protect the new generationâ€? in the face of fierce objection from the students, faculty members and youth societies. A proposal submitted by independent Islamic deputy Jassim Al-Saeedi to separate female and male students at the …

MPs yesterday voted for partial segregation at Bahrain University, despite being warned that it was against individual rights under the Constitution. They agreed to submit to the Cabinet a proposal to segregate male and female students in certain course groups, where numbers allow. Where courses have below 10 groups, making it impractical to run them …

I fear for this little island of ours. What should by all rights be a paradise on earth appears to be heading to be just another scorched township at the edge of civilisation. The government has lost its way: 1. An activist was imprisoned for his public criticism of the prime minister. 2. A human …