Sectarianism and its proponents in the electronic and traditional media is quite large. If this phenomenon is not dealt with intelligently, it will pose a very unsteady future for this island kingdom.
Skepticism is the feeling du jour as far as reporting about Bahrain is concerned, it seems. Here’s how the Economist covered it: Wefaq must now deal with one of the trickiest sectarian issues raised by its supporters: a widespread rumour that the government is handing out passports to Sunnis from other countries in an attempt …
This country needs “a Gibbs” This country needs “a Gibbs”. An act watchers of NCIS will be really familiar with. For others less fortunate, the act is best described as a swift whack on the back of a head the sharpness of which will bring that mind back to reason. Hopefully. But I fear in …
الأمور بدأت ÙÂيالتØÂول تزامناً مع الثورة الإيرانية وواصل بوØÂسينØÂديثه بالإشارة إلى ذكريات تجربته بالعمل ÙÂيالØÂكومة بعد الثورة الإيرانية ÙÂيالعام 1979ØŒ مبيناً أنه كانمديراً تنÙÂيذياً ÙÂيديوانالخدمة المدنية، وأنه لاØÂظ آنذاك تغيراً ÙÂيتوجه الجهة الرسمية، الذيراÙÂقه توجس الØÂكومة منقطاع منالشعب الذينيمثلهم الشيعة، وخصوصاً ÙÂيما يتعلق …
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: