Background: Bahrain's small size and central location among Persian Gulf countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign affairs among its larger neighbors. Facing declining oil reserves, Bahrain has turned to petroleum processing and refining and has transformed itself into an international banking center. The new amir, installed in 1999, has pushed economic and political reforms and has worked to improve relations with the Shi'a community. In February 2001, Bahraini voters approved a referendum on the National Action Charter - the centerpiece of the amir's political liberalization program. In February 2002, Amir HAMAD bin Isa Al Khalifa proclaimed himself king. In October 2002, Bahrainis elected members of the lower house of Bahrain's reconstituted bicameral legislature, the National Assembly.
May 12th 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Manama So..... since i have been here i have not been publishing to many blogs. Despite the great responses i normally enjoy and repeated requests to write, WritE, WRITE!!!, i have not been able to sit down ... 7 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Manama This one will be short and quick but i thought everyone should know whats going on. We played Friday night for a chance to go to the finals. Our opponent was the only team that we had not beaten and ... 6 photos[full story]
April 8th 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Manama On the surface, the Gulf States are a wealthy land populated by modestly dressed men and women who follow the precepts of Islam and devoutly adhere to the Koran. However, underneath this veneer, ther ... 23 photos[full story]
April 23rd 2008Middle East » Bahrain Hello all
We are just sitting here in the airport of Bahrain. We arrived last night because we could not get direct to Cairo and our flight is not delayed, oh the joys of travelling.
I thought ... [full story]
April 8th 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Manama So i see its been 23 days since my last blog. I wish i could say that i've been out experiencing new things and thus to busy to write. Alas the opposite has been true. Since my last blog the days h ... 10 photos[full story]
April 6th 2008Middle East » Bahrain We took a day in lieu from Bovis Lend Lease on Sunday and went off to the Grand Prix in Bahrain for the day. It was really quite a wonderful day. A big group of friends from Dubai went with us (the us ... 11 photos[full story]
March 13th 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Manama First let me start with a quick note to everyone out there. Thank you all for your positive comments and notes on some of my stories. While i may not get the chance to reply to all of them I want yo ... 10 photos[full story]
March 7th 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Manama I don't have much too interesting to say but wanted to share the photos I took in Bahrain with you. The go-karting was a blast too. Definitely the most fun I've ever had on a go kart. They were fas ... 25 photos[full story]
March 1st 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Manama When coming to Bahrain I thought that I was going to be exposed to mainly middle east and muslim culture. I was wong! There are many other cultures here in Bahrain and I had my first encounter with ... 1 photos[full story]
March 1st 2008Middle East » Bahrain » Al Muharraq I knew it had been a long time since I last blogged, but I didn't think it had quite been 46 days...oops! I'd like to cook up some story about how I had not a single spare moment, but that just would ... 13 photos[full story]
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