I got back last week from Hajj. And let me tell you , it was a great trip! It’s the second time I go, and there was a significant difference compared to last time. This year I went on behalf of my late father. For one, I went with a luxury hamla (Hajj [...] [...more]
A couple of days ago, I asked for other writers to contribute to my blog. I want to turn my blog into be a voice of moderation among all the online polarisation that is going on in Bahrain. Well, I got my first contribution, by Dr. Mohamed Mustafa, a frequent reader of this blog. Thank [...] [...more]
A couple of days ago I was sitting in a room with a small group of peers, going through an unusual leadership workshop. The workshop focused mainly on doing soul searching within, and focusing on values. The facilitator was an American leadership expert who has various degrees in psychology. She explained some of the psychological [...] [...more]
Last week we had our annual Big Bang. As usual, we closed shop and had two days where we just focus on learning, fun, and team building (see our 2009 Big Bang here, and our 2010 Big Bang here and here) Sadly, we were a lot less Team Members than in previous years, as Zen-Do [...] [...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]
Here are the Crown Prince’s interviews on CNN and Al-Arabiya. God give him strength in this monumental task that he has ahead of him. [...more]
Well it seems I’ve kicked up quite the storm with my recent blog post about the two DBC members I fired. Lots of opinions on both sides; some supportive and some (really) unsupportive, to put in mildly. So, now that a few days have past, and the dust has – somewhat – settled, it might [...] [...more]
I had a really fun evening the night before last. I participated in The Global Entrepreneurship Week Start Up Circuit. I really liked the concept; The Bahrain chapter of Young Arab Leaders, the organisers, brought in different experts and specialists to help budding entrepreneurs start businesses. Each one of them gave a 10 minute presentation [...] [...more]
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a global event which focuses on the benefits of entrepreneurship, and helps aspiring entrepreneurs to get ideas, advice and financing. GEW helps them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and many others participated in a range of activities, from [...] [...more]
If you recall, a few weeks ago I offered 10 women FREE membership at the DreamBody Centre. I did this in response to hearing the sad-but-true statistic that Bahrain has the most obese women in the world. Well, we’ve had lots of people apply and we decided on the final ten. They came in on [...] [...more]