This is the prime minister of Bahrain, HE Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, on-board the Royal Plane en-route to Turkeya on a state visit which started yesterday. Two things come to mind seeing this picture: 1. He’s been spending a lot of time abroad over the last year… what gives? 2. Does he have a …
As if anyone actually uses the decrepit Post Office in Bahrain… Well we do if we are absolutely forced, otherwise I have no problem of paying any of the courier companies multiples of what I would have been charged using the “services” of the post office. Why? Because to send a letter (invoice or whatever) …
The Parakeets make to MSM!, originally uploaded by malyousif. My picture of the parakeets mating has made it to the daily round-up of blogs in Al-Wasat this morning. Very appropriate for their Valentine’s coverage isn’t it?!
After 455 votes in a week of polling, it is quite obvious that the majority of the readers of this blog (66.5%) think that the Danish Government should NOT apologise for the Jyllands-Posten published cartoons, while 30.7% of voters (140 votes) think that they should. 12 voters are undecided. I personally firmly believe that Islam …
Good. You’re paying attention now so let’s start this week’s roundup with the mundane and progress from there: Mahmood seems to have been branded a pervert for photographing wild parakeets having sex in one of his palm trees and have chosen to nest in his house’s eaves. He’s been warned; however, to quit this “bird-porn” …