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About Mahmood Al-Yousif

9 posts · joined 2005-12-22

Mahmood's Den, my blog, has taken a life of its own over the years. Credited with being one of the first blogs to emanate from the Arab region, certainly from Bahrain, and whose intention at first was simply to test content management systems technologies, it has mushroomed beyond the original intent. I would like to think that through it some contribution to rapprochement between East and West has occurred, and judging by the various discussions it witnessed and the frayed tempers it calmed or fueled, good exchange has happened through it. As for me personally, I own and run a company specialising in the supply of broadcast technologies and services to customers in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Stories

February 20th, 2006

Bahrain: another eventful week in review

Mahmood Al-Yousif · 12:58 · Middle East & North Africa

an eventful week in Bahrain.. but we've ALMOST moved away from "the cartoons"... 1 comment  · read »

February 13th, 2006

Bahrain: Blood, Sex and Incarceration

Mahmood Al-Yousif · 07:32 · Middle East & North Africa

Good. You're paying attention now so let's start this week's roundup with the mundane and progress from there: Mahmood seems to have been branded a pervert for photographing wild parakeets having sex in one of his palm trees and have chosen to nest in his house's eaves. He's been warned; however, ... 0 comments  · read »

February 6th, 2006

Bahrain, more cartoons and animated conversations

Mahmood Al-Yousif · 14:58 · Middle East & North Africa

The week in Bahrain continues to be dominated by cartoons, which even overshadowed an important speech by the king! 0 comments  · read »

January 30th, 2006

Bahrain: Cartoons and other stuff

Mahmood Al-Yousif · 09:19 · Middle East & North Africa

Cartoons, giant Royal billboards, vlogs, ... yes it's all happening in Bahrain! 0 comments  · read »

January 23rd, 2006

An ordinary week in Bahrain

Mahmood Al-Yousif · 10:28 · Middle East & North Africa

The weekly round-up of the Bahraini blogosphere where a week, for a change, seems quite ordinary! 0 comments  · read »

January 16th, 2006

A tragic week in Bahrain and the Gulf

Mahmood Al-Yousif · 07:57 · Middle East & North Africa

Over 500 people dead while performing pilgrimage in Makkah, and two royal deaths leave a sad cloud on the Gulf this week. 1 comment  · read »