Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa

Tag: democracy

  • It’s a Small Island After All!

    It’s a Small Island After All!

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    Yes I always emphasize the significance of education, of knowledge, and of understanding to the various aspects of what makes a society seem the way it is. Bahrain, The Kingdom of Bahrain, is a small Island, but yet many around the world and internally fail big time to understand the domestic politics. The way I…

  • What is Democracy?

    What is Democracy?

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    I bet many of you have no idea what democratic institutions are. Whenever and wherever I go, the majority of people I face and engage in a discussion about democracy tend to define it the way they hear about it in the news. Today, TV, Internet, and Print media do offer a lot of insights…

  • The Clash of Generations

    The Clash of Generations

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    Many friends and others interested to know more about the future approach me regularly to know what I think would happen in the future. I did indulge myself so much in the past 14 years in the science of politics  but that doesn’t really make anyone able to predict the future without the proper tools. However, using…

  • Define Democracy and My Twitter Bio

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      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 my bio, in fact, I think 99% of my Twitter followers are clueless. Inspired by…

  • Ramadhan is better than Democracy…

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        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 30 years. This means that the next time we will witness Ramadhan starting mid July…

  • You’re More Islamic Than You Think

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    By Dr. Saqer Al Khalifa One thing the West does not, and perhaps will never, understand about the Middle East is how much Islam plays a role in societies’, as well as individuals’ lives. For the years that I have spent in America, I can see clearly that there are many Arabs and Muslims who…

  • The Ape is a Deer in his Mother’s Eye

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    There are many things to write about on Bahrain, and almost all of them funnel down to something very basic, the things we don’t see in democracy. This week’s article will be short and basic because I am offered an opportunity to go more into detail on this topic in a renowned publication. So my…