[Riyadh Airport, April 18th, 2004] The Four Seasons Hotel occupies the 30th through the 48th floors of the immense and architecturally beautiful Al-Mamlaka Building (Kingdom Building) in Riyadh. The vista of Riyadh from the 48th floor is stunning regardless of the time of day or night, it’s even more stunning from the very top of …
We’re quite fortunate in Bahrain that we have a number of art galleries and exhibitions, so it’s easy to get in touch with various works of art and artists. It is even better that a number of private art galleries scour the world for interesting pieces to bring to the Bahraini connoisseur or collector, more …
The government these days is in a tight bind. And is being childish and belligerent to boot. Why? Three ministers were caught with their hands in the cookie jar, the parliament want to interrogate them which could result in a withdrawal of the vote of confidence (kicked out), but the government is trying to wriggle …
Isn’t music powerful? At the moment I have no enemies – they’re simply delegated to the status of nuisance. I can’t get myself to be angry at anything and am just enjoying the feeling of peace. All thanks to the heavenly voice of Natasha St-Pier. I don’t understand the lyrics, being in French, but the …
back from Dubai tonight, but have to go to Riyadh tomorrow and stay till the day after!! grrrrr! update: I’ve been granted a brief reprieve thanks to the bloody airlines we have. For God’s sake Riyadh is the most important city in the Middle East, yet, we only have (if we’re lucky) one or two …