Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman is a 22-year-old Egyptian blogger who has been arrested by authorities in Alexandria, Egypt. Abdelkareem first received international attention in early 2006 when he was kicked out of Al Azhar University for posts he wrote on his blog. During that first incident, he was detained by police but eventually released. Despite his …
Due to a minor accident, I have unfortunately been admitted to hospital for observation for a couple of days. Nothing to worry about but I won’t have full access to the Internet. So in the tradition of Mahmood’s Den, until I return the scapegoat of the moment is hereby declared to be Saddam Hussein. Have …
I’ve attended the premier of ‘A Bahraini Tale‘ last night at the Seef Mall cinema complex. It is the 3rd film by my friend Bassam Al-Thawadi whose film credits also include the first ever Bahraini film Al-Hajiz (the Barrier) and after a very long hiatus, Al-Za’er (the Visitor). This event signifies the first production by …
Two and a quarter years ago, from lovely Toronto, I wrote the following: I don’t give a toss what happens to Saddam. To me, he just symbolises the archaic, cruel, backward and inflexible 22 regimes constituting the Arab world. He has fallen. His last abode was fox-hole from which the coward was dug out of, …
I spoke before about ways of giving the Just Bahraini campaign teeth, I decided that one way of doing so is getting politicians who are worth their salt to sign a pledge that they will work toward and enact laws which will criminalise discrimination and by definition make Bahrain a better place, a place where …