The King has dissolved parliament! (arabic) And I shall ceremoniously remove the count-down counter on the left which we have grown very familiar with over the last 12 months. I shall be sad to see it go, but extremely happy as I – like the majority of my Bahrain – live in hope that we …
Wagtail, originally uploaded by malyousif. I don’t know what this bird is called, butI shot it in my garden next to the portulaca this morning. It’s got a habit of wagging its tail up and down. Any idea what it is? This lovely looking bird has been identified as a Rufous Bushchat, Cercotrichas Galactotes by …
Follow the KABOBfest to know how that team is going to be distributed and how it would play… fascinating!
Bahrain! I am exasperated, as I am sure many Bahrainis are, at the laughable state of what we call “Public Security!” That is the definition of oxymoron if there ever was one. In other societies, when one has a problem they would go to the police first, and never think of taking the law into …
We woke up this morning to headlines that municipal and parliamentary elections will be held on time, sometime before December 13th, 2006, as the present parliament first sat on December 14th, 2002. Four years. That’s the constitution and that’s the law. When though is anyone’s guess, as it is constitutionally at the king’s pleasure. One …