Was it worth it? Young people distanced from their families, studies and jobs for two whole years? The sentence is rather harsh. A few months would have been more appropriate and would have just as effectively demonstrated the government’s intention not to let riots like these go unpunished. And, had the sentence been shorter, I …
Defence lawyers were stunned yesterday as 12 protesters were each sentenced to two years for an illegal demonstration at Bahrain International Airport.Lawyers shook their heads in disbelief after Lower Criminal Court judge Ibrahim Al Zayed delivered the verdict and handed out the sentences. Nine of the men were already in custody and were in court …
Breakfast, originally uploaded by malyousif. Breakfast at the Ritz this morning… Quiet, calm, peaceful and we had virtually the whole resort to ourselves.
I do not normally reproduce email threads here, in fact I cannot remember that I have done so before, but I thought that I have to share this particular exchange with a member of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry with you. It is an unfortunate situation which I had hoped that it would …
slug, originally uploaded by malyousif. I physically picked up over 100 of these critters last night (this is not an exageration!) but there is always that one that you miss, and I got this bugger this morning!