A Bahraini man is trying to use the hit “My Name is Khan” to help his country’s lawmakers overcome the sectarianism that has gripped the parliament and threatened to divide society. Khalid Al Khayyat, a Bahraini who works for a bank, has offered the 40 MPs tickets to watch the movie in Manama and...
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Bahrain’s main political society has come under the fire of the upper chamber, the government, several lawmakers and a national company who accused it of overstepping the bounds of political correctness. Al Wefaq, holders of 17 of the 40 seats in the lower chamber, was rapped by the Shura Council at its weekly session...
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Kuwait’s health ministry has warned against the consumption of “Green Coffee 500″ and “Slimming Bag Green Tea”, two tea and coffee drinks promising successful diets, saying that they could have negative effects on the heart. Dr Omar Al Sayed Omar, assistant deputy of Drugs and Medical Supplies Affairs, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that...
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Kuwaiti intellectuals and academics have warned of the growing dangers of tribal and sectarian tendencies within the society, saying that they were having ominous effects on society. According to a study presented at a forum on citizenship in Kuwait, 70 per cent of Kuwaiti students tended to look at issues through the prism of...
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Kuwait’s new private labour law that includes the establishment of an independent authority that will bring and hire foreigners took effect on Sunday following its publication in the official gazette. Its implementation will spell better benefits for thousands of foreign workers, but not for domestic helpers who are not covered by the law. The...
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Mabhouh in early January, the Sunday Times has reported. Quoting sources with knowledge of Mossad, the paper said that Netanyahu told Mossad chief Meir Dagan to go ahead with the Dubai killing during a meeting at the Midrasha, the intelligence agency’s...
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The body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran should be called the American Gulf, and not the Arabian or Persian Gulf, a Kuwaiti lawmaker has said. “The fact is that the Gulf today is not Arabian or Persian, but rather American thanks to the blessings of the rulers of Tehran and those...
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Bahrain is set to appoint a new company to continue work on the country’s largest road interchange project. The decision follows the suspension of work by Korea’s Sungwon Corporation which was awarded in 2007 the contract to construct a massive flyover aimed at removing traffic bottlenecks at the busy Isa Town Gate Intersection. Works...
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Al Asala, Bahrain’s second largest parliamentary bloc, has rejected the resignation of one of its most influential members in the lower chamber. “The political bureau of Al Asala flatly rejects the resignation of MP Abdul Halim Murad and wants him to continue his laudable work in the lower chamber,” Al Asala said in a...
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Around two thirds of Bahraini parents prefer to send their children to schools where the curriculum is taught in English, a survey indicates. The study found that only 14 per cent of the parents who responded to the questionnaire want their children to learn mainly Arabic at school, while 64 per cent put English...
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