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		<title>Lawmaker wants to boost police presence to ensure no &#8220;immoral&#8221; activities mar desert camping</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MP Abdul Halim Murad A conservative lawmaker has urged the Bahraini authorities to boost police presence in the desert camps, saying that police forces were needed to ensure security and ethical behaviour. &#8220;There is a strong need for a higher number of police patrols in the Sakhir camping areas where Bahraini families tend to gather to spend agreeable times. Now that the mid-year school holidays have started, the numbers of those who spend their time in the area is increasing and the mounted police as well as police patrols would have greater tasks,&#8221; Abdul Halim Murad, MP for Al Asala, said. &#8220;Their presence will guarantee better and tighter security and will ensure moral practices and ethical behaviour are upheld, especially that there are so many teenagers from both sexes in the area,&#8221; said the MP whose society is the main Salafi formation in Bahrain. Thousands of Bahrainis take advantage of the cool weather to camp in the Sakhir area, putting up their own tents or spending time with friends, colleagues or relatives. The &#8220;going-back to the roots&#8221; tradition lasts until early March when temperatures rise. However, the peak of the camping season is the first two weeks of February when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bahraini desert without mental images from American movies or real European mountains</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  “You want to eliminate the last ten months of pent-up office stress? Just put on something light and I will pick up at 10 o’clock tomorrow to go to a desert camp,” Ibrahim, my friend, told me, flashing into a large grin that he thought was highly inviting, but that I found eerily malicious. But I eventually decided to go along, deep inside expecting a dull day. I was wrong. Ten minutes on the serrated roads of Bahrain’s hinterlands, and I was already conquered by the peaceful easiness and the startling vividness emanating from the rocky hills. The furtive permutations of colour and light particularly fascinated me. The hills shifted from light amber to fox-brown to deep russet. The show was eye-dazzling, and a sense of deep peace filled me. “That is the great secret of getting away from the city and its bustling offices and overcrowded roads. Here the golden rule is simple: let go down, give the desert half a chance, and allow it to take control,” Ebrahim advised me as we moved deeper into the rocky desert. Soon, the car journey ended, but the enchantment intensified. We got off the car as the sun was arching [...]]]></description>
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