Category: Politics
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Don’t Stop People at the Airport
That used to be us, the best in GCC. Are we going backwards? Have we lost our top spot? Have we lost our mojo? What’s the way forward? Recently, Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, interviewed David Rothkopf, the chief executive and editor-at-large of Foreign Policy magazine and published it in his column (Capitalism,…
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Let Me In The Farooq Junction!
So we’re closing on a year now since citizens were last allowed being at the Farooq/GCC/Pearl (FGP) intersection. Is it a good thing or a bad thing that we’re still not allowed to use the intersection on our way to wherever? It really depends if you’re a person who appreciates things with a glass half…
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A Strong Bahrain, and Even More Stronger
My son Salman and I were in the car when he looked at me and confessed. “Baba”, he said, “I made a mistake.” Before even knowing what the mistake was, I told him that it’s ok. “It’s not about doing mistakes, Salman. It’s about learning from your mistakes. You can do as many mistakes as…
Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa 