Tag Archives: bahrain

YES BAHRAIN! GO GO GO!

You have no idea how my chest swelled as I was reading this article this morning, makes me absolutely PROUD to be Bahraini: However, leaders in Bahrain are at least making a serious attempt to promote Shiite-Sunni unity. Bahrain’s Islamic Affairs Ministry is currently studying a proposal aimed at combating the emerging divide between the …

Going South

If you’re already wet, would being sprayed make you even wetter? What if you jumped in the pool when you’re already wet, would that make you wetter? Of course not. So what if Bahrain once again went south in its ranking in the Press Freedom Index for 2006? Okay, it’s just a few ranking postions: …

Bahrain 2.0

The Financial Times has an article about Bahrain this morning: As parliamentary elections approach for the second time in four years, hopes for a political system that gives the Shia a fairer share of wealth, land and power have faded and for young Shia, the prospect of earning a decent wage remains bleak. At current …

What does violence get you?

Whoever did this should receive the maximum punishment permissible by law. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to continue to burn tyres, rubbish bins and most certainly there is not one single reason in the world to throw Molotov cocktails at police cars. This is a criminal act, regardless of political motives. The country has …