I’ve never noticed “the gulf” magazine before. It’s normally thrown at our door-step with our GDN subscription. It (like others delivered with the GDN) meets the inside of our recycling bin unopened. But having nothing better to do this morning while waiting for this site to upgrade to the latest and greatest release of WordPress, …
Helicopters are flying overhead and have been since yesterday. That’s a sure sign of trouble in Bahrain. Reading Al-Waqt this morning provided the possible answer: الداخلية: «أم النعسان» مخصصة منالملك للاستخدامات الخاصة بقوة الدÙÂاع صرّؠالوكيل المساعد للشؤونالقانونية ÙÂيوزارة الداخلية، بأنه بشأناعتزام مجموعة منالأشخاص القيام برØÂلة عنطريق البر والبØÂر …
It has been a long standing tradition in Bahrain, as is the case with the rest of the Gulf specifically, that whenever there is an occasion, whatever the occasion, big business and government agencies take out substantial and costly adverts in all the national papers lauding a personality, extending greetings or congratulating a royal personality. …