Bahrain

In the Gulf, Dissidence Goes Digital

by Haitham Sabbah March 30, 2005

The following article was published in Washington Post yesterday. The author made it sound as if the Gulf countries are the only people in the world using the sms’s for social, political, etc… reasons. He made it sound so strange that made me wonder after I read it, SO? What is strange? I just can’t [...]

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Bahrain: “An incident amounts to a real terrorist act”

by Haitham Sabbah February 10, 2005

“This unprecedented strange incident amounts to a real terrorist act.” This is how Col. Al Musallam described what happened last night when “Masked gang sets shop ablaze.” GDN, Bahrain Tribune and Akhbar Al Khaleej; all published the story with more or less the same vague description. It makes you feel worried that this attack really [...]

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Bahrain Bloggers Meetup, Jan 06, 2005

by Haitham Sabbah January 3, 2005

Bahrain Bloggers Meetup is this weekend. The good news is that our members list have grown to 18 now. The bad news is that only 4 RSVPed: Yes. So come on guys, RSVP now. One more issue, I believe that most of you want to change the place we meet, so, any suggestions?

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Happy National Day, Bahrain!

by Haitham Sabbah December 17, 2004

I had the honoer to participate in unfurling the world’s largest flag. The Bahraini Flag! The flag is a gift to His Majesty King Hamad and the people of Bahrain from MTC-Vodafone, which I proudly work for. The world’s largest flag – a red and white banner measuring 169.5 metres long and 97.1 metres wide. [...]

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Democracy, Bush-style, in the Gulf

by Haitham Sabbah December 6, 2004

Please prepare for a laugh. Here is Bush on an electioneering junket talking to US soldiers about Iraq on June 5, 2003: Criminal courts are now reopening. Day by day, the United States and our coalition partners are making the streets safer for Iraqi citizens. We also understand that a more just political system will [...]

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Arab Discriminates Against Women. Why Is That So?

by Haitham Sabbah December 1, 2004

Last week, Guardian-organised event at which more than 100 young British Muslims were brought together at University College London. The delegates came from all walks of life, and held a wide range of views. The one thing that came across very clearly was that the media are often wrong to refer to “the Muslim community”, [...]

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Call to all lurkers

by Haitham Sabbah November 28, 2004

[Chan'ad Bahraini wrote] The second Bahrain Bloggers Meetup will be held this Thursday, so I’m writing this to encourage more of you to show up. As we’ve said before, you don’t have to have your own blog to join us. Everyone in the Bahrain online community is invited, which includes all of you anonymous [...]

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Bahrain Blogfest this Thursday!

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2004

[Via: Chan'ad Bahraini] This Thursday we will be holding the first official Bahrain Blogfest, thanks to Haitham. We already have five people confirmed (including a visitor from Qatar!) and it would great to have even more people show up. Although it is was originally set up for bloggers in Bahrain, we thought it would be [...]

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Bloggers Meetup!

by Haitham Sabbah October 18, 2004

Thanks Mahmood for spreading the word for the Bahrain Weblogger Meetup. I’m sure this is going to be fun and honor to meet with Bahrain blogger icons like you and Chan’ad. I encourage new members to this group to spread the word like you did either by a post or adding a link/icon which can [...]

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