The American Studies Center (ASC) held another digital video conference yesterday at Bahrain Media Credit Center in UoB Sakhir campus. It started at 4:00 pm Bahrain time and lasted almost 2 hours. The DVC was held under the title: “Gaza, Goldstone & the Upcoming Break-up of American Zionism.” Dr. Finkelstein discussed how Jews in America [...]

Ok. So I ended up applying to 6 schools for master’s in international relations. Got accepted in 4 so far waiting for the other 2 to give their decisions which might make my decision even harder. Right now, between the schools I got into I’m torn between going to University of Leeds or University of [...]

American Studies Center (ASC) hosts yet another digital video conference. This time students and alumni of the ASC discussed and compared marriage in the Muslim world, more precisely in Bahrain, as well as marriage habits in the United States with University of Minnesota students. It was an interesting discussion. What proved even more interesting is [...]

In a linguistic courses I studied while at university, we learned about the development of language and words and the importance of perception in understanding language, whether that be how the speaker is perceived by listeners or how the speaker perceive his/her-self when speaking. We learned also that words may encounter shifts in their meaning. [...]

It’s astonishing how some major actors on the political scene in Bahrain call for unity and claim they advocate for the people of Bahrain, yet they vigorously attack and blame people who they call Godless, Secular, Perverted, Liberal, Communist – and I don’t know what else – for everything wrong that happens, will happen or [...]