Stories about Bahrain from September, 2005
Bahrain: Governmental Blog
Blogging goes governmental in Bahrain. Chan'ad writes that Manama Municipal Council has set up a blog to communicate and receive feedback from the city’s expatriate community (who form 85% of its population). Blog can be found here: http://manama-council.blogspot.com/ Probably this is the first official's blog in the Arab world!
Bahrain: Boycott of Israeli goods
Mahmood is convinced that Bahrain should ends primary boycott of Israeli goods.
Bahrain: Musical Missions
Zainab Alkhawaja praises the Musical Missions of Cameron and Kristina who have been around the Arab world. They have been to Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Iraq. They talked to a largely American audience about the Arabs and their culture.
Bahrain: Reading Newspaper
Amira tells you one more reason why you should not read newspaper over breakfast!
Bahrain: Arabic Blogging
Haythoo just started a free Arabic blogging service for Bahrain (in Arabic). The new blog service (http://bahblog.com/) is based on the Arabic version of WordPress, and seems to catch a lot of good attention from university students in Bahrain.
Bahrain: Aggregator is On
Mahmood just launched BahrainBlogs.com. It is simply an aggregation service to aggregate all the Bahraini blogs he knows of.
Bahrain: Workplace Respect
Amira asks, what is it with people who have zero respect for their workplace?
Bahrain: Bahrain World Trade Centre Wings
Sabbah says that Bahrain World Trade Centre (BWTC) will incorporate the first towers in the world to generate their own electricity using wind turbines.
Bahrain: Missing Condolences
Arab states sent deep condolences and regret to the U.S. administration over the effect of Hurricane Katrina. moodz wonders why none of the Arab Leaders sent a cable of “deep condolences and regret” to Ibrahim AlJafaari (The Prime Minister of Iraq) over the dreadful incident of AlKhademia where the lives...
