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) …
Have a load of this, the UAE has issued a federal law on combating cyber crime: Some of the offences and their punishment: – Abuse of any Islamic holy shrines or rituals. – Abuse of holy shrines and religious rituals stipulated in other religions since such rituals are maintained in accordance to the rulings of …
It looks like we’ll finally be shot of him (arabic). Good News< ™>! What did he do in his single year (assuming that he will in fact be kicked out of the cabinet in the next few days): 1. Nothing substantive that would have elevated this country’s reputation in the world. 2. Closed down alcohol-serving …
FORTY websites were allegedly shut down this week by the Information Ministry without warning or prior notice, Bahraini webmasters claimed yesterday. They include a number of popular Bahraini websites regularly visited by surfers for political developments in the kingdom. They include www.montadayat.org, which was closed permanently on Monday after being closed on Friday and reopened …
Jamal Dawood must be salivating at the prospect of me finding even more bloggers that he potentially can prosecute! Following on from a tip by Haitham Sabbah, I looked at a whole list of Bahraini blogs on blogger.com, and am I absolutely glad that I have ’cause I found out that one of my favourite …