We woke up this morning to headlines that municipal and parliamentary elections will be held on time, sometime before December 13th, 2006, as the present parliament first sat on December 14th, 2002. Four years. That’s the constitution and that’s the law. When though is anyone’s guess, as it is constitutionally at the king’s pleasure. One …
5 for Kuwait – Abbas, originally uploaded by iDip. Well done Kuwait. You have once again shown the Gulf how to go about grabbing one’s political rights and doing it in a way that avoids violent confrontation and changing it into an occasion where everyone: women, men, and children can participate in and enjoy, while …
Finally, an official response to the various rumour mills about the elections in Bahrain. Although no date has actually been set yet, at least now we know that the elections will occur sometime this year. Which is a relief. Some thought that at least the parliamentary elections might get delayed a couple of years. Thankfully …
In actual fact, it’s not there at all. The equality question that is, not the mind: قال رئيس المجلس الإسلاميالعلمائيالشيخ عيسى Ø£ØÂمد قاسم: «إذا كانت الØÂياة النيابية تجد صÙÂÙˆÙÂاً رجالية كاÙÂية ÙÂالأولوية تÙÂرض أنتجد المرأة شر٠المكانة العالية ÙÂيمجالات أخرى كالتخصصات الÙÂقهية»، مشيرا إلى «أنتØÂقيق الاكتÙÂاء داخل صÙÂو٠النساء ÙÂÙŠ…
قصر الصاÙÂرية – منصور الجمريقال جلالة الملك ØÂمد بنعيسى آل خليÙÂØ© ÙÂيلقاء خاص عقده مع رؤساء تØÂرير الصØÂ٠المØÂلية أمس الاول انمستوى الصØÂاÙÂØ© المØÂلية قد تطور، وأصبؠما يكتب منتغطيات وأعمدة يقرأ على المستويات المØÂلية والخليجية والعربية، ولا يمكنالاستغناء عنالصØÂاÙÂØ© الØÂرة لأنها «ذراع» للاصلاØÂØŒ وأكد جلالته أنالصØÂاÙÂÙŠ…