So what’s new? You actually expected that the “summit” which was held today in Egypt to actually result in anything other than this? If you answered yes, then you have an awful lot to learn about us Arabs, and you will need a couple of lifetimes to catch-up. No. Nothing was expected of them. 1. …
Time and again we are privileged to hear that our king, his majesty Shaikh Hamad bin Esa Al-Khalifa, is fully committed to see his vision realised in the reforms he initiated since he gained the throne. Time and again he unequivocally came out and said that he is for the freedoms of expression and he …
Let’s assume that we actually do have only 100 days left to elect a new parliament in Bahrain; yes, I know that as the talk at the moment is toward the combined session of the Shura Council (appointed) and Chamber of Representatives (elected) around the end of the month might be a signal that the …
Maybe because of the typesetting software they use or the obtuse and non-standard numeral representation in the Arabic language on computers. I know, it’s ironic, the whole world depend on Arabic numerals, and WE can’t use them properly when we type them in letters or whatever in a computer… the situation is further exacerbated when …
Not a lot of people valued Fawzi Julaid‘s input into the shaping of Bahrain’s fledgeling democracy nor understood his efforts until he was practically deported off the island, treated like one of the thousands of illegal and run-away workers, rather than a valued person who has worked tirelessly to inculcate democracy’s mechanisms in Bahrain. Even …