Popularity metrics

I’ve given a few interviews over the last couple of months where a question is always posed in different guises by the interviewer to find out how popular Mahmood’s Den is or has become, especially after the recent Ministry of Information’s order blocking the site in Bahrain. And usually the metric most journalists are familiar …

New cabinet announced

And as expected, the line up is disappointing; briefly: We have THREE more ministries created in this cabinet, there were 21 ministers in the past, now we have 24 (including the prime minister). We only have 5 new members: Jawad Al-Urayyedh (3rd deputy premier, been in various cabinets before), Nizar Al-Baharna (foreign affairs), Khalid bin …