I downloaded iTunes from Apple a couple of days ago, and that signalled the end of my use of MusicMatch which I have been using for as long as I can remember. Talk about neat, talk about class, talk about usability! click to enlarge I wish all Windows applications were that classy… and yes I’m …
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“You Westerners get it wrong,” he told me. “You think what’s going on here is all about religion and extremism. But that’s a problem that can probably be solved. The real issue – he said – was accountability. If the princes responded to pressures for change by democratising, they would end up losing their power …
An Egyptian poet will defy an edict by Muslim authorities calling for his latest book to be withdrawn because of its explicit sexual nature. Ahmed Shahawi said the ruling against Commandments of Love for Women had nothing to do with religion. The book’s publishers argue Al-Azhar University can only recommend what books people should read, …
It’s been some time since I visited A’ali, one of the most ancient towns in Bahrain. It’s about 15kms from the capital Manama and famed for their pottery industries and burial mounds. The reason I went is that Frances was opening her shop and she needed some pillars to use as display stands in her …