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… Read More ›
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What is Democracy?
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… Read More ›
The Clash of Generations
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… 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 ›
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 ›
You’re More Islamic Than You Think
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… Read More ›
The Ape is a Deer in his Mother’s Eye
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… Read More ›
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