This evening, we’ve had the first “real” rain of the season, on Eid, that just MUST be auspicious! Whatever… my family decided to go against the grain this time and we all celebrated Eid today, so Eid mubarak again. My brother Jamal called from Mecca this morning to wish everyone a happy Eid, he’s performing …
This article is originally published in Global Voices to which I contribute a summary of issues discussed in Bahraini blogs every Monday. I think that the name Jihad Al-Khazin (arabic list) has become the most popular name within the Arab blogosphere this past week, as most blogs in the region have concentrated on his controversial …
Frances and I are just back from watching An Unfinished Life in which Robert Redford shone, so did Morgan Freeman and as much as I hate to admit it, even Jennifer Lopez wasn’t bad. It was on at the Saar Cinema and there were hardly anyone in there when we sat with our popcorn, except …
Today is our 19th wedding anniversary! We couldn’t believe it. 19 years already which resulted in 3 beloved children and a houseful of happy memories and truckfuls of shared experiences. The one over-riding feeling in those 19 years is love, and that’s what’s keeping us going and I hope it will continue to for a …
Skirt-chasing playboy Daniel Anceneaux spent weeks talking with a sensual woman on the Internet before arranging a romantic rendezvous at a remote beach — and discovering that his on-line sweetie of six months was his own mother! “I walked out on that dark beach thinking I was going to hook up with the girl of …