Mahmood's Den

Battle of the Telcos has started!

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:00:52 +0000

Here’s the VIVA ad this morning thanking the people of Bahrain for their welcome and for the unmitigated success of their number launch campaign: and a couple of pages later we find Bateclo has taken the top half of the page with this: Which is a deep poke in VIVA’s eye! The background of this story is that [...]

Sleepless in Gaza… and Jerusalem

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:29:45 +0000

The intention of this series is neither rant nor rhetoric. It is rather an opportunity for all of us, who do not live in Gaza, occupied Arab Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, to grasp how these four young Palestinian women live out their daily lives, precisely because their lives are stories we journalists were taught almost dismissively to think of as "human interest" and almost necessarily conflict driven.

Flavours of ME!

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:33:15 +0000

I know. I can’t get enough of myself. But at least I’m all in one place! Brilliant.

Dead Goats

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:43:15 +0000

Oooh look! Some dogs attacked and killed EIGHT goats in some farm in Sitra! This is sucha a newsworthy article that it deserves to be on the front page. And why the hell is it below the fold? Don’t the editors care about animals enough to put it above the fold? What? Al-Wefaq’s latest spat and [...]

Mumbo Jumbo “Science”

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:20:02 +0000

"Sometimes benefit the herbs in the treatment of cancer, especially in some cases, have experimented with these types of treatments in the United States of America as well the European countries and the Middle East, many of us have heard stories about people who have experienced this kind of treatment, and they have cured cancer" .... Uhhuh

Jaleel Sharaf – Planning for Success

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:13:35 +0000

The company you work for suddenly closes but customers still call you wanting their promised projects to be completed. What would you do? Well Sayed Jaleel Sharaf took on the responsibility to deliver what his erstwhile employer promised, and in the process established one of the most successful ICT groups in Bahrain turning over close to [...]

Ammar Al-Aradi

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:04:08 +0000

After graduating from the States in Business & Finance and spending 6 years working for one of the top banks in Bahrain going through to managerial level, Ammar felt that he had more to offer and was concerned that his creativity was not being utilised. This drove Ammar to take a courageous decision to leave [...]

In support of Dr. Ibtihal Al-Khatib

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:06:36 +0000

Declaration: I totally support Dr. Ibtihal Al-Khatib in her call to separate religion from the affairs of state, and that a person should have the freedom to choose what and how they worship.

Bougainvillea

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:27:03 +0000

Bougainvillea, originally uploaded by malyousif. i got fed up with the background I was using, so I went out and shot another one. You like? If you want the high resolution, get the larger view with my compliments. Have a wonderful weekend my friends.

A vicious girl called Filbert

Mahmood Al-Yousif — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:55:08 +0000

I rescued this rose-ringed parakeet a couple of years ago when it flopped from its nest in our garden. She turned against me for some reason and now does flying attacks at me whenever she gets a chance. This film is proof that these bloody green vicious things are intelligent and never forget!