More than two months after the elections, the Transparency along with the Bahrain Human Rights Societies came out with their Elections Report yesterday in which they affirmed – basically – that the elections were “free and fair”. No reservations. No pointing out the obvious. But even condoned the use of the General Voting Centers which …
Al-Wasat‘s cartoon today is rather appropriate and indicative of what a large part of society is feeling: Two supposed journalists are asking the person in the middle for a statement, and you can see what the poor guy in the middle (society?) is thinking of if they do dare open his mouth. Has treading carefully …
More wildlife than I care to have, originally uploaded by malyousif. During my regular morning garden inspection this morning, I came across this thing that stopped me in my tracks! I don’t know what manner of uninvited wildlife it is that came into my garden and dug this hole under on of the oleanders… I …
The New Border Project, originally uploaded by malyousif. The infrastructure is now complete, and the new border is awaiting plants! Arif and I put the stones to delineate the border (of the border!) and laid down all the pipes and put the drip heads in, about a foot apart on about 120 feet of pipe! …
Prepairing the new flower bed, originally uploaded by malyousif. This is the second step in preparing the bed; my gardener and a helper did the initial work of removing the grass and cutting the shape I laid down and moving the sprinklers. This morning, Arif and I tilled the earth, mixed in some peat-moss and …