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 ›
Politics
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
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 ›
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 ›
The Death of Husam Al Hadad
Two days were left before the end of Ramadhan and news went around Bahrain that a 17 year old boy had died. Just moments later, an online video went viral that shows exactly what happened. A group of young boys… Read More ›
Featured in a Video with Nicholas Kristof
During my last days as the Media and Press Attache in Washington DC, I met Nicholas Kristof here in Bahrain. We spoke and cruised around Bahrain for nearly four hours. I enjoyed it very much and he did mention that… Read More ›
Ramadhan is better than Democracy…
This is the second time in my life that I have witnessed Ramadhan during the summer times. While the Islamic calendar is around 10 to 14 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar, it loses about a year every… Read More ›
How would you answer these questions?
A student sent me the questions below in order to complete his research on Bahrain. I will answer him in due time, how would you go about answering them? Let me know… 1. How did you perceive the 2011 uprising… Read More ›