Category: bahrain
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Passing Bahrain Government Budget
The way I see it, it is much more than simply passing the government budget. We have seen for the past few days how the elected officials reacted to the proposed budget by the government. With a majority vote, it was turned down because it did not include the requested salary increase budget for the…
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Shaikh Nasser’s Physical & Mental Strength
It was some time ago when many fellow athletes approached me to send an official invitation to His Highness Shaikh Nasser and His Highness Shaikh Khalid to participate in one of our events seeing how they are so into similar sports that we like. Specifically, we all saw that the fitness level they were in…
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The Crown Prince and The Future of Bahrain
It was a happy day to me, when we all found out that His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Bahrain was appointed the First Deputy Prime Minister to develop the performance of the apparatus of the executive branch. Since that day, a bit more than three weeks ago, many things have happened, many signs of…
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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…
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Fighting With Numbers
Is democracy all about numbers? Is it only about what the majority says? I’m not going bluntly say yes or no, I’ll take the easy way out and say it depends. Please, allow me to explain. Everyone interested in Middle Eastern affairs for the past couple of years have been deeply fooled, or fooling himself,…
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Chewed by the Lion’s Teeth
Once, a famous poet lived, more than 1100 years ago, by the name of Abo Tayeb Al Motanabi. He once said in one of his famous poems: “If you see the readiness of the Lion’s teeth, then do not assume that the Lion is smiling”. This verse is so simple and logical in its nature,…
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What I Want From The Dialogue
You may heard that the second dialogue in Bahrain will soon begin. There are many topics in my guess that social/political/government organizations will discuss, which most definitely include the issues where no consensus was reached in the first dialogue about a year and a half ago. They will include elections and how currently the electoral…
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