Month: March 2013
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Wake Up Bahrain & Stop Playing Tetris!
On Wednesday, I attended a presentational seminar by a friend of mine, Hazem Janahi, organized by Bahrain Society for Strategic Planning (BSSP). I’m very thankful to Dr. Hala Sulaibeekh, the President of BSSP for extending an invitation to this wonderful and thoughtful event. In the lecture, Mr. Janahi explained how the rules and regulations in…
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Becoming Wealthy in Bahrain
Pay attention, because this concerns you very much. In a recent conference that I have attended, Mumtalakat, the investment arm of the government of Bahrain, announced that they will invest 150 million dollars in Bahrain this year alone. The amount will be somewhat divided and invested in three sectors, real estate, aluminium downstream, and tourism and…
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No Other Choice But to Run at Abu Dhabi Triathlon for Bahrain National
By @EllingYelling Eighteen years old, wearing a pressed military uniform and trying hard not to be noticed, it was nonetheless obvious to the older students that Saqer Al Khalifa was not a typical member of the freshman class. For the native of Bahrain, going to school at The Citadel, a military college in…
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Bahrain’s Engagement With Western Journalists
Image courtesy of http://www.npr.org A few weeks back, I was contacted by Jason Stern, someone I knew from contributing to a previous project of his, asking about press freedom in Bahrain. Jason mentioned that he now works with ‘Committee to Protect Journalists: Defending Journalism Worldwide.’ We spoke for a while and I answered his questions…
Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa 