A new fuel tanker arrives on site and the newly appointed manager tells the Supervisor to ensure the tanker is clearly labelled: "Dies...

Very silly.  Sent from a Saudi friend.   In China this is how they stand… In Saudi this is how they stand

A Bahraini silversmith with more than half a century of experience has voiced concerns that the craft he loves is on the verge of dying out....

Sent from a Saudi friend who thought it highly amusing to describe his work ethic thus: Japanese attitude for work "If one can do it...

Rabat, Morocco (CNN) -- Quincy Jones has joined some of the biggest names in Arab music to produce a charity single aimed at helping a new g...

Here's video footage of the Think Pink, HOG ride in Bahrain last week. Uploaded here not only to promote the boys, but because there...

HH Princess Ameerah Al Taweel being interviewed on women's rights in Saudi Arabia by Piers Morgan on CNN:

When people tell me the driving on the M25 is terrible/ terrifying/ impossible I can't quite work out what they're worried about. Ho...

Image taken from FLICKER Dabke (also spelt dabka and dabkeh, pronouced dab-k’ mening, ‘stamping of the feet’) is the national dance of Leb...

Flat unleavened bread or Khobiz/ Khobis [co-bis] is one of the masters or key staples of a Gulf diet. Here's a YouTube which explains ho...

Time to sleep:

Here's a Pakistani praying outside the White House and the hastle he receives because of his choice of prayer ground: Key cross cultu...

A direct copy and paste, SUHAIL ALGOSAIBI writes below about trying to make sense of all the hate and the madness in Bahrain following the ...

Here are various people contemplating the thought, "What do you think people misunderstand most about Islam?" Answers seem to be r...

Bahraini rappers, DJ Outlaw, The Mystro, Flipperachi and May Alqasim have joined together to produce a unity track with a single called “Bah...

A'ali is located in the middle of Bahrain island, south of Isa town and north of Riffa [Latitude: 26.149011N Longitude: 50.511364E] and ...

Palestinian, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, talks on TED about the changes currently going on in the Arab world, states his views: ...

A parody and hopefully some light relief in a very stuck situation (the youbtube does contain swearing). BTW, would someone please tell me...

For days I have wanted to write something about what is happening in Bahrain, but am finding it impossible to put my feelings of sadness int...

Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-born, American comedian {see: MAZ JOBRANI } and forms part of the comedy group, 'Axis of Evil' {see: AXIS ...

The city of Mecca has installed a rail system, known as 'Metro Mecca', using Chinese built trains with the aim of easing crowding fo...

"Your lips drop sweetness like honeycomb, my bride, syrup and milk are under your tongue, and your dress had the scent of Lebanon. You...

Here is the final set of photographs from the July 1953 edition of the National Geographic magazine, showing areas of Jeddah during the Haj...

Again, more images from the National Geographic from 1953. This time the photos show images of pilgrims praying in Mecca. I've also incl...