Sep 15
I’ve recently been reading Fromm, as in Erich Fromm. Here’s a gem:
The principle holds that no citizen loses his property or his rights of citizenship and the citizenship right is de facto a right to which (Palestinians in Israel) have much more legitimacy than the Jews…If all nations would suddenly claim territories in which their forefathers lived two thousands years ago, this world would be a madhouse.
Jewish Letter, February 9, 1959
And so she is.
Some countries are not unlike a bashful debutante. It seems that in the midst of a technological storm that’s bridging people, cultures and countries; some governments are all frets over people discussing, opinionating, debating, and shredding to bits the actions (including follies) of politicians and the like.
Click to continue reading “Oh, she’s just so embarrassed”
Oct 29
Many might have kid about Bahrain’s most popular blog, Mahmood’s Den, being blocked one day. It seems that day will be tomorrow according to a ministerial order.
While one can only speculate on the reasons for the block, some have pointed out that it most likely has to do with the Bandargate scandal.
Click to continue reading “Blog block: Mahmood’s Den”
Listen to podcast:
Transcript:
While research suggests that people are connected to one another within six degrees of separation worldwide, one of the charms of a small island country like ours is that everyone on it seems to be connected within a degree or two at the most.
Such closeness of relation in large cities or countries provides for happy coincedences, perhaps even serendipitous encounters.
Click to continue reading “Just Bahraini: No one’s a stranger in Bahrain (podcast+transcript)”
Sep 18
I’ve always found suicide bombing, no matter what the cause, to be amoral, reprehensible, and futile. While an equally deplorable oppression by Israel leads to Palestinian desperation, there’s no denying that Palestinians stand little chance in strengthening their case by feeding the media more news of “terrorist” activities.
Paradise Now (the first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Academy Award) delivers the different mindsets surrounding the issue of Palestinian suicide bombers without compromise.
Click to continue reading “Paradise Now: See. It. Now.”
