We have a saying in Bahrain which says something like “once the festivities have ended, the old hag arrived” which roughly equates to “missing the boat” or maybe even to some extent not to bother with anything because one has no say in any proceedings and cannot influence any outcome. I think these sayings should …
With the wealth of information access in the Arab world, courtesy of the internet and satellite TVs, more and more people are rightly asking for their God-given rights, rather than just be happy with those “bestowed” on them by kings and presidents. Those times, have gone and will never come back. Witness Wajiha al-Huweidar, she …
sparrow having a bath, originally uploaded by malyousif. Sorry, delayed “Friday Photograph“. I hope you don’t mind…
I can’t believe this, once again the Ministry of (dis)Information has taken it upon itself to protect our true Arabian and Muslim culture and ourselves from ourselves by insisting on blocking some Internet sites it deems offensive and “alien to our culture.” Well who the hell put you as a chaperone for me and my …
2006 doesn’t seem to want to become a good year for us on a personal as well as global level. Yesterday, we bid good bye to another of Bahrain’s great artists: Mr. Abbas Al-Mahroos, who was one of my father’s life-long friends. I remember Abbas coming to our house and sitting with dad, sketching and …