Al-Jazeera English’s Abdulrahman Al-Shayyal produced a short documentary to explore the sectarian divide in Bahrain. He came and interviewed me amongst many other Bahrainis to find out the underlying reason that these tensions exist. Here’s the segment he produced:
Mohammed Khalid is one of those controversial personalities. He has gained notoriety by his outward sectarianism. He has not shied away from those controversies but on the contrary, welcomed them! Even the hallowed halls of parliament did not deter him from being involved in not only shouting matches but physical violence which earned a black …
Much to the chagrin of some contractors, it looks like the Ministry of Labour is rolling out their Ministerial Order for outdoors work stoppage from 12 noon to 4pm starting tomorrow. The Order was apparently published in the Official Gazette today. I got this cute poster from the Ministry of Labour to celebrate the event:
Al-Waqt brought the following to our attention this morning: استنكرت ÙÂعاليات سياسية ونيابية ورسمية ادعاءات Ø£ØÂد المسؤولينالإيرانيينالذياعتبر البØÂرينجزءا منالأراضيالإيرانية. ÙÂقد جاء مقال مندوب مرشد الثورة الإسلامية الإيرانية ومدير تØÂرير صØÂÙŠÙÂØ© كيهانØÂسينشريعتمداريبعد يوم واØÂد منتسلم الرئيس الإيرانيأوراق اعتماد راشد بنسعد الدوسريكسÙÂير ÙÂوق العادة …
Nothings, originally uploaded by malyousif. I met a beautiful young lady this morning. She was running on the beach and our paths briefly crossed. I was sweating, she was shining. I stopped her: “Hello, my name is Mahmood” “Hi” “I am 45. May I invite you to be my mid-life crisis?” She laughed, briefly hugged …