Going to Hajj!
I’m off to Makkah today to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. I’m going on behalf of my late father, who never had the chance to go. Take care and see you when I get back inshallah! [...more]
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I’m off to Makkah today to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. I’m going on behalf of my late father, who never had the chance to go. Take care and see you when I get back inshallah! [...more]
The Bahrain chapter of Entrepreneur Organisation (EO), has an excellent Communication Chair, who is none other than my friend and Bahrain’s “Blogfather” Mahmood. Twice a month, Mahmood sends out an “expose” about one of our members. It was my turn recently, and I thought I’d share what he “exposed” about me. Here goes: - New [...] [...more]
دخلت الحجرة، ورأيته من الخلف، جالساً على كرسيه، يقرأ. ذهبت إليه والشوق يحرق كياني! عانقته بحرارة، وقبلّت خديه و رأسه، وقلت له “الله يحفظك و يطّول في عمرك!” نظر إليىّ و ابتسم إبتسامةً جميلة… رقيقة… إستيقظت من النوم، و بكيت… و بكيت… و بكيت ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ يسألني الكثير”هل أنت مثل غازي؟” والإجابة الصريحة أني لست مثل [...] [...more]
Boy am I jet lagged! We arrived last night from a great holiday that included London and Orlando, Florida. I feel emotionally and mentally refreshed, but physically exhausted. Travelling with 3 kids can do that to you. Oh well, I always remind myself that we only have them for such a short period of time [...] [...more]
By all accounts, the crisis is officially over and dialogue will start next month. God willing, real progress will be made. I just hope no one acts stubbornly – we saw a lot of that during the crisis. Before I talk about the lessons learnt, allow me to talk a bit about me and the [...] [...more]
I’m very excited, a brand new Apple shop is opening this Thursday, and you’re invited! You know, in the 90′s I used to make fun of my brothers for using Macs. I thought what a waist of time. But in the early 2000′s I switched and I never looked back. Yes, I’m afraid I’ve become [...] [...more]
You know, there’s nothing like a crisis to bring people together. Here’s a video created by Bahraini film maker Saleh Nass highlighting the unity of the Bahraini people, inspired by Manaf Muhandes’ #UniteBH Twitter initiative. I’m very proud to have contributed to this film! Hope you like it! [...more]
Here’s a Bahrain TV interview I did on Saturday the 19th of February, the day after I wrote my popular blog post on the protests in Bahrain. I was on the Have Your Say show with Ahdia Ahmed. I was interviewed along with Mohammed Kayani from MaxMedia and Hussain Al-Mahmood from the Foreign Ministry. I [...] [...more]
Last week I was interviewed by the online radio programme Dare to Be Healthy, hosted by none other than Alia Almoyaed – my wife. The topic was weight loss in minutes, where I spoke about the concept of the DreamBody Centre. Unfortunately, the call took place on Tuesday the 14th of February (it was planned [...] [...more]
My brother Faris sent me these, and I thought I’d share them with you. I think they’re amazing! What do you think? [...more]