I’ve just compiled a new list of blocked websites in Bahrain and I was able to find most of the administrative order numbers instructing ISPs to block them. The new list is available here. Should you have any information about this issue, please do contact me in confidence.
In a reversal of fortunes, Batelco finds its own site blocked by a much higher authority than the one it kowtows to: Google! Several people emailed me a screen grab of Batelco’s site in the latest FireFox browser which severely warns people from having anything to do with Batelco; in fact, it offers a very …
The contrast of the romantic drippings of the apparently hugely popular dubbed Turkish soap Gümüs and the criminal bombings in that country yesterday as well as those in Iraq and India which left over 100 dead and many more injured, cannot be brought more into focus than the exclusive and vociferous condemnation of the television …
Cactus flower (Ferocactus latispinus – Devil’s Tongue Barrel), originally uploaded by malyousif. It’s the second time this barrel flowers, and since it last flowered, I had moved it into a pot and it seems to be doing okay and likes its new abode. Have a wonderful weekend my friends.
Pomegranate from my garden, originally uploaded by malyousif. I’m not that of a fanatic when it comes to pomegranates, I do like them sometimes, but when it comes from your own garden the story is completely different of course! Even when the thing is more sour than a lemon, it does taste delicious. At least …