picture credit: Al-Watan Newspaper What rule of law? It seems now that every issue we have in Bahrain is politicised and invariably turn to violence. Why? Do we not have any culture of discussion and dialogue to resolve issues? It certainly didn’t look like it last night; a mob rioted at the airport, terrorising other …

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In the year-end fun department: It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into Google reveals something about our curiosity, our thirst for news, and perhaps even our desires. Considering all that has occurred in 2005, we thought it would be interesting to study just a few of …

Mahmood, originally uploaded by HaniAlYousif. I don’t know how old I was then, and didn’t expect this picture to EVER surface, but thanks to my youngest brother Hani, it did. Yes, that’s me!

Shut shops for Friday prayers Shops, restaurants, coffee houses, garages and other workshops could be forced by law to close for two hours for Friday prayers, if MPs get their way. Those caught opening from 11am to 1pm on Fridays would be fined or their establishments closed for a week, under proposals backed by parliament …