Saudi King Abdullah called for the formation of a Gulf union in response to growing threats, as rulers of the wealthy Arab GCC met on Monday against a backdrop of regional turmoil and fears over Iran. “I ask today that we move from a phase of cooperation to a phase of union within a single …
For those denialists who maintain that the BICI report is nothing but something to paper over the cracks temporarily so that the status quo is not ultimately disturbed, have a look at this. Maybe if you have a few atoms of humanity left in you, it might help you remove that veil off your conscience …
A local saying immediately popped into my mind as I read these words in today’s Al-Wasat: وطالبت لجنة الØÂقوق الدينية ÙÂيوزارة الخارجية الأميركية بـ «تقديم أيمنالمسئولينÙÂيالØÂكومة البØÂرينية الذينثبت تورطهم ÙÂيانتهاكات صارخة للØÂرية الدينية إلى العدالة ومعاقبتهم بموجب القانون، ويجب على الØÂكومة البØÂرينية إصدار اعتذار رسميلتدمير العشرات من…
Nick Kristof was once again in Bahrain recently and as any good reporter, delved right into the events he came to investigate, talked to both sides of the conflict and came to the conclusions that most of the Bahraini people have been laboriously living through and breathing over the last ten months. Others who choose …
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