Blog Entries by Mahmood N. Al-Yousif

Kneejerk Reactions

Posted April 14, 2008 | 03:42 AM (EST)


Divine intervention couldn't have come at a more fortuitous time for the government to start to re-impose another heinous State Security Law, the very one which Bahrain suffered from for 30 years and was the main cause of the dissolution of the 1973 parliament and suspending parliamentary life in this...

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RESIGN!

Posted April 2, 2008 | 02:03 PM (EST)


Parliament didn't disappoint yesterday by providing credence to the date. They proved without a shadow of the doubt that they are fools who are resolutely dragging the country to the dogs. Without any hint of resolution so far, 40 grown adults who simply cannot work together and whose over-riding...

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The New Media Environment: Paths to Understanding

Posted April 2, 2008 | 01:50 PM (EST)


The premise of the Aspen Institute's conference I just attended at the Dead Sea in Jordan was somewhat different from the others I had in the past. This one took on the shape of an informal round table discussion with leaders and visionaries of the industry; in them was...

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