My friend Doug Doulton shared this on his Facebook timeline: In it, Naomi Klein states: Shock. It’s a word that has come up a lot since November— for obvious reasons. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about shock. Ten years ago, I published “The Shock Doctrine,†an investigation that spanned four decades from …
Parliament is considering legislation by the government to compel Bahrainis with multiple-citizenship to rescind them in favour of the Bahraini citizenship within 3 months of the legislation becoming the law. I know that many countries in the world have similar conditions for their citizens. What is different in our situation is that I know – …
A video letter from a Bahraini citizen – Arif Aldoseri – to the minister of housing (in Arabic). Worth watching as it shows you what normal citizens in Bahrain are suffering from as they live in a country rich enough in resources and have many billions of US Dollars pumped into it by neighbouring countries. …
In this country, over a thousand have been dismissed from their positions for doing nothing other than expressing their opinions. Quite a number were fired for simply being Shi’a. My head just cannot get around this. Disregard, for the moment, the fact the as many households have been disadvantaged directly due to this despicable practice, …
«الصØÂÙÂيين» تدعو للاعتصام أمــــام «النيــابي» الخميــس المقبــل ناشدت جمعية الصØÂÙÂيينالبØÂرينية جموع الصØÂاÙÂيينوالمثقÙÂينوالÙÂنانينالبØÂرينيين”الاعتصام أمام مجلس النواب الخميس المقبل، اØÂتجاجا على مجمل ما أنتجه المجلس ÙÂيدورته الØÂالية منقرارات ولجانتØÂقيق بØÂÙ‚ الثقاÙÂØ© والإبداع ÙˆØÂرية الكلمة”. ÙˆÙÂيسياق متصل، استغربت الجمعية ÙÂيبيانأصدرته أمس (الأØÂد) رÙÂض لجنة الشؤونالتشريعية بالمجلس …