We seriously considered buying one of these lovely houses. It fits our needs perfectly: large plot, nice garden, swimming pool, 5 bedrooms, huge living room area, dining room, servants quarters, big garage, excellent finishing and design. A dream home that anyone would wish to live in for the rest of their natural. It’s been on …
picture credit: Al-Wasat Newspaper Two Islamist MPs Adel Al-Moawadah (Asala – Sunni) and Abdulla Al-A’ali (Independent – Shi’i) had a verbal fight in the parliament yesterday, the former accusing the latter of hindering the bill even though he is a “man of religion! Al-A’ali is opposing the law allowing veiled women to drive, saying that …
Leeds United are courting a Middle East sheikh to try and help them out of their financial mire. The stricken Premiership club are hoping Bahraini sheikh Mubarak al-Khalifa can do for them what Russian biliionaire Roman Abramovic did for Chelsea by pumping in massive amounts of cash. Al-Khalifa, from the oil-rich United Arab Emirate, is …
Is this wholesale slaughter of such lovely creatures worthwhile? Don’t we kill enough other animals to eat? They say that they kill the dolphins humanely. Yeah sure, enough to turn the sea red with their blood. Read the story…
As a long time western resident of Bahrain, I find the recent riots a complete and saddening suprise. I do, however find it quite amusing as I read the letters sections (GDN October26 ) from Bahrainis complaining of the “Taliban” mentality of certain MPs. As United States forces were liberating Afghanistan everyone in Bahrain was …