A few evenings ago I attended an art exhibition for a well known dentist and sculptress in Bahrain.  Through my acquaintance with this sculptress, I suggested that my brother, a cartoonist, should participate in the exhibition.  She encouraged his participation and he exhibited his art by drawing live in front of mall-goers (the exhibition was in a mall).  Several official personages graced the [...]

Yesterday I went to meet a sculptress friend at A’ali Mall.  I saw a few bikers on Harley Davidsons speeding on the highway outside, enjoying this month’s mild morning weather.  But when I went in to the coffeeshop, I saw that the place had been taken over by hordes of leather-clad, bandanaed, tight-jeansed bikers.  In a [...]