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· February, 2007

Stories about Bahrain from February, 2007

Bahrain: Memoirs of a Prisoner

Bahrain-based blogger Bint Battuta shares with us one of her friend's experiences – that of being imprisoned during a period of political unrest in the country in the mid-90s here....

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
26 February 2007

Bahrain: Workshop on Press Freedoms

The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights will be conducting a training workshop about Press Freedoms, the law and how it views freedoms of expression, practical demonstrations and tutorials on...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
26 February 2007

Bahrain: ‘Terrorist Plot’ Sparks Cynicism

Following a controversial news report about the discovery of a ‘terrorist training camp’ in one of Bahrain's Shi'a villages, Bani Jamra, Bahrain's ‘blogfather’ Mahmood Al Yousif writes a sarcastic post...

Written by Ayesha Saldanha
24 February 2007

Bahrain: Bush Lying About Iran

Bahraini blogger emoodz doesn't hesitate in calling Bush ‘a liar’. “I along with the rest of the world had to live through a long orchestrated buildup of propaganda and lies...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
23 February 2007

Palestine: Children's Blogging Project

Bahrain-based Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah was instrumental in making a children's blogging project see light. Read more about the project, which aims to bridge the widening gap between children in...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
22 February 2007

Bahrain: Duct-Taped Plane

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif had to endure a flight from Kuwait to Bahrain in a “duct-taped” airplane. To understand what I am talking about look at this picture here.

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
22 February 2007

Bahrain: Kuwait Blogging Show

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, along with a group of Kuwaiti bloggers, are being interviewed for a Kuwaiti television programme on Blogging in the Gulf, wrote Al Yousif.

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
20 February 2007

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