About a year ago, I wrote in my previous blog about an idea I long had which I believe would solve many of Bahrain’s problems. I was very creative, very imaginative, but very serious. I looked into the… Read More ›
Month: September 2012
The Government Steals Money?
I recently sat down with a person who wants to know more about Bahrain and the region. A question he kept asking and I was comfortably answering with a bit of an embarrassment is, “How does the government pay… Read More ›
Bahrain Universal Periodic Review Accepted by Human Rights Council
Information Affairs Authority, September 19th, 2012: Following Bahrain successfully accepting 145 of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations, and partially accepting 13, the Human Rights Council accepted Bahrain’s response in the session held in Geneva this morning…. Read More ›
Is Life Fair?
Have you ever been to a very poor country? I recently have been to India for the first time in my life and saw firsthand what can easily be seen online, poor people, very poor people. More than that,… Read More ›
Global Competitiveness Report (#Bahrain 35 out of 144)
Please see page 100-101 for Bahrain’s section. Overall rank, 35 out of 144. WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2012-13 copy
Unity is in our hands only
Have we ever thought and realized that to have peace, feel the freedom and live with love and dignity comes from ourselves not Bahrain only! Yes lots of people are blaming each others when they just knew that those factors… Read More ›
Define Democracy and My Twitter Bio
So Twitter asks us to write down something about ourselves, aka bio. Here’s what I wrote, “Opinionated, Educator, Job Creator, Democracy believer only with educated independent electorate, otherwise Autocratic persuader. Ph.D. in PoliSci.” Not a lot of people understood… Read More ›
It’s Mitt’s World by @tomfriedman
Article originally posted here Mitt Romney has been criticized for not discussing foreign policy. Give him a break. He probably figures he’s already said all that he needs to say during the primaries: He has a big stick, and he… Read More ›
Public Prosecution Releases Additional Statement on Sentences in Conspiracy to Overthrow the Government, Espionage & Violation of the Constitution Cases
The High Court of Appeals ruled today, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 against the defendants in the case of “conspiracy to overthrow the government, espionage and violation of the Constitution”. Sentences were issued against thirteen (13) defendants in their presence. Seven… Read More ›
Conspiracy to Overthrow the Government, Espionage and Violation of the Constitution
The Secretary General of the Supreme Judicial Council announced today that the High Court of Appeals ruled today, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 against the defendants in the case of “conspiracy to overthrow the government, espionage and violation of the Constitution”…. Read More ›