Fayrooz, possibly the most famous Lebanese singer of all time, singing her most famous song, Habaytak Bisayf [ha-bay-tik bee-safe]: When...

Today's blog posting is taken directly from Saturday's Gulf Daily News, the English language newspaper in Bahrain: "Royal Car...

This month, January 2010, it seems there will be no telephone bills issued in Saudi Arabia. The government had removed the previous IT co-o...

Islam permits a man to marry up to four wives. This custom still occurs and (as a generalisation) many families will have at least one man ...

Within the Arab world there are at least five different methods of finding a marriage partner; arranged, search, dial-a-bride, hourly and lo...

Meet Gulzar, the infamous traffic attendant at Bahrain City Centre. Previously a member of the Pakistani army, he now directs traffic with ...

Hussain al Jasmi, a Saudi national, often releases singles and at discos when his songs come on, the dance floor always fills up. Love, l...

all say "aahhh"

Here are some more photos of old Bahrain:

This feels like a great Youtube video for the start of a new year:

Image taken from: this website    (if you click on the link you'll be able to hear the music from the film) Today's post is s...

I think this one speaks for itself ....

Before I ate this stuff I thought it sounded quite revolting. It turns out to be quite delicous. Traditionally it is said that drinking ...

Today completes the mini-series of words whose roots come from Arabia and which at one stage are said to have been borrowed, or loaned from ...

A survey on 'Employment and Salary Trends in the Gulf 2009 – 2010' has just been released and can be read in full, here . So, what...

Oh my goodness.  Bahrain is officially the  world friendliest country  according to this article published at the beginning of December 2009...