Gratuity. What does that suggest to you? A tip? A reward for good service? If you’re an expatriate working in the Gulf states then it will probably mean the end of service payout that is paid to all expats in lieu of a national pension scheme for citizen employees. According to Bahraini Labour Law Chapter … Continue reading »
Reblogged from Dr Mike Diboll: 21st April 2012 Sir, I write to you as British former expatriate in Bahrain, requesting that you urgently reconsider British policy on Bahrain, which I am convinced is deeply misguided and counter to Britain’s long-term interest in the Arabic-speaking region. Yesterday you said “Bahrain is not Syria, there is a … Continue reading »
Reblogged from Dr Mike Diboll: Here’s my wife’s letter to Abdulhadi: http://www.scribd.com/doc/90503395/Mr-Abdulhadi-Al-Khawaja-Letter Mike managed to blog this before I did so I’m just going to do a repost instead
I guess you could call this the ‘Part 2′ of our leaving Bahrain story. I wish I could say that we landed in Heathrow and all lived happily ever after but just like the people we left behind, there is yet to be a happy ending. We’ve just completed our first year back in the … Continue reading »
21st March 2011. The day we left Bahrain. Before I talk about that day, I want to write a little about another day in September 2007. That was the day we arrived in Bahrain to start out life as new residents. It was very hit and miss if we were even going to be on … Continue reading »
Reblogged from Dr Mike Diboll: A vital aspect of the uprisings in the Arabic-speaking world is the GENERATIONAL aspect, the fact that the globally connected younger generation want and deserve so much better than the mediocrity of the corrupt and incompetent gerontocracy that’s typified by Bahrain’s current Prime Minister, 41 years continuously in unelected office … Continue reading »
Reblogged from Dr Mike Diboll: Over the past week over 8,000 Bahrainis have read my open letter to Ebrahim al Janahi, President of the University of Bahrain. An Arabic version is also posted on this blog. My letter of Tuesday 13th March 2012 is as follows: Sir, I write to you on the first anniversary of … Continue reading »
My plans for my radio documentary are falling into place. I thought it would be challenging to work round the theme of ’refugees’ and apply it to Bahrain but then it all came together on a long walk round town the other day. Of course, there are plenty of ‘refugees’ from Bahrain in the UK … Continue reading »
Reblogged from Dr Mike Diboll: Below is a doctor’s report on my mental health condition last year. If I suffered this through what I experienced, what must the mental health of the rest of Bahrain be like, those who have suffered worse for longer? Yesterday I posted the University of Bahrain’s 22nd June 2011 letter … Continue reading »
One day we will return to Jidhafs and we can walk the streets and tell Rebecca about her birthplace, the village’s dark days in a country she was born in but barely knew. There will be no crying, screaming and no more tear gas. The birds will return and the only scent will be the … Continue reading »
