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I received my first “social media” award last night! A big thank you to the Information Affairs Authority (IAA) and it’s president Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa for organising such an event. The event started with a speech from Sh. Fawaz, I then had the honour of giving a speech as well, in which I [...] [...more]
Things are heating up. Tensions are rising, and the violent protests are increasing, which are resulting – if some of the web videos out there are to be believed – in ever more severe crackdowns. I don’t want to sound too judgemental, but the impression one gets is that the impunity mentioned in the BICI [...] [...more]
My head is spinning! This whole reconciliation business is not easy! I’m told that prof. Bassiouni said that working in Libya was a walk in the park compared to Bahrain, and I believe him. Emotions are still high, and the wounds very raw. And the government’s snail-paced reform process is not helping. To give you [...] [...more]
I’ve been getting quite a few ominous statements like this recently. Others include “you’re playing a dangerous game”, “you’re being watched very closely”, “be careful” and “people are waiting for you to make a mistake”. It’s a bit flattering and a bit worrying to be so interesting! Who knew wanting to reconcile could be so [...] [...more]
I don’t think anyone can doubt that 2011 was a historic year. An Arab spring, a US financial meltdown and partisan rifts, a UK debt crisis, tumultuous European riots, and a couple of natural disasters in Asia. One is almost tempted to say that it can’t get any worse, but I wouldn’t dare tempt fate. [...] [...more]
ترددت هتافات كثيرة أثناء أزمة البحرين المؤلمة، و سمعنا شعارات تراوحت بين المعقول و اللامعقول، و كان صفات بعضها الغلو المفرط بينما مال معضها الى المعقولية و الانصاف، ومن بين هذه الهتافات و الشعارات الكثيرة تأملت شعارين إثنين وودت أن أعلّق عليهما حيث أنهما تكررا كثيرا أثناء الأزمة وهما “لا للعفو” و “الشعب يريد تطبيق [...] [...more]
Wow! What a fascinating couple of days it’s been! I just had the pleasure of attending a half day conference in Chatham House in London. The subject of the conference was “Bahrain after the BICI report.” I have to say I learnt a lot, and would like to thank my friend Jane Kinninmont from Chatham [...] [...more]
يا حبيبي .. سوف أحكي لك عن ليل المحرق.. حين يخلو.. من جموع تنزوي في كل مفرق.. تقطع الوقت بأوهام وأحلام، وتطرق كل باب للدعابات واشجان الحديث.. علي عبدالله خليفة المحرق، الحديث عنها تُحيي الأشجان في قلوب الكثير. للمحرق مكانة خاصة ليست فقط لدى البحرينيين، وإنما أهل الخليج أيضاً. هي المدينة التي وُلدت فيها وقضيت [...] [...more]
توقعت – وربما بشيء من السذاجة – بعد صدور تقرير البسيوني، وكلمة جلالة الملك التي حثت على المصالحة، أن تتوقف التهم و الشتائم التي يوجهها بعض الإعلامين إلى المعارضة، وبطريقة غير مباشرة ، إلى طائفة أهل البيت الكريمة. توقعت أن تبدأ الصحف بتغيير نهجها و أن تحث على المصالحة والمسامحة، كما عودنا على ذلك [...] [...more]
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