I can fully understand our Crown Prince’s frustration with the government and officially welcome him into our ranks, the ranks of I would say the majority of Bahrainis whose only recourse to their frustration is to habitually bang heads against solid walls of stasis and fear of change. To the government, they think that they …
We discussed some very thought provoking questions at the Digital Arab break-out session this morning. The basic questions posed were: To what futures do Arab youth aspire? What do you see at the intersection of the Internet, Arab culture and technology? Will the lag in technology adoption between the teachers and the students restrict the …
500 intellectuals from over 30 countries have descended on Bahrain to participate in the Arab Thought Foundation’s FIKR conference, the annual think-tank that strives to make a change to the Arab world not by force or arms but those of thought. These gatherings have identified and provoked a lot of thought in what needs to …