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My name is Rudolph…

Ugh! Full blown cold. Blocked nose, leaky nose, dizzy, can’t breathe and worst of all, can’t enjoy my coffee. Can’t taste the blasted thing or anything else for that matter. I feel my brain leaking. It started on Friday with what I thought was an itchy throat, by evening it was compounded by a heavy …

Next step: Shut down the Cinemas

Cinemas would be either shut down or made subject to religious censorship if certain MPs have their way, sources told our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej. Several Islamist MPs intend to submit a draft proposal to parliament, claiming cinemas are favouring mixing of the sexes and showing indecent films which flout Bahraini traditions and values. …

Ashoora? Can’t be!

Can’t believe the change happening to Ashoora over the last 3 years. I think this is probably the first or only second year that an excellent effort was made not only to commemorate this very special event but attempts are being made to explain its significance to foreigners who normally viewed Ashoora is “it’s when …