Spring of Culture

This is the first time that I remember something like this is to happen in Bahrain; a month packed with cultural events: music, poetry, dance, art exhibits and theatre all happening back-to-back in breath-taking venues all around Bahrain. I will do my best to attend as many as I could, especially the Jazz, Tango Flamenco, …

Phase 2?

A couple of days ago, an important and sacred shi’a mosque was destroyed reportedly by Wahabis or their sympathisers. Yesterday, another group again reported to be Wahabis attacked the most important oil manifold in the world in Abqaiq, a couple of hours’ drive from Bahrain. These actions are hardly indiscriminate. In the first, a clear …

Status update

I’ve restored the database backup of Feb 19th on Xaraya and that seems to be working fine, which confirms that the error in the site was not just the heavy spam attack it has received from the 19th onwards, but due to restarting the server (several times while I was investigating) the database got corrupted. …

gimme my fix!

First, welcome to the new Mahmood’s Den! Although this might be a very temporary location until I get things sorted out with the Xaraya site. I’ve tried just about everything I know but have not been successful. If you can lend a hand, I would highly appreciate it. Second, I missed you all terribly. Unfortunately …