No way, not in Bahrain!

There is a huge part of me that refuses to believe that we – Bahrainis – are capable of doing what we see on the television news every day; the violence, the killing, the kidnapping, the vicious crime, the beatings, the terrorism, all of these things I would like to believe that they are completely …

Grooming the palms

Date Palm Grooming, originally uploaded by malyousif. Every year summer brings its bounty, but to get it you need to take care of your palm tree otherwise either the birds will take all of the crop, or worse, it will just go bad. I had three guys grooming my palm trees yesterday afternoon and they …

100 Days

Let’s assume that we actually do have only 100 days left to elect a new parliament in Bahrain; yes, I know that as the talk at the moment is toward the combined session of the Shura Council (appointed) and Chamber of Representatives (elected) around the end of the month might be a signal that the …