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Just a note, in case people still regularly come across my writings here, that my most up to date place for my work is Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alialjamri_scribbles/ This blog will continue to be a home for longer pieces, but if you … Continue reading
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After the Last Edition
The ink stains on the rollers, like so much coughed up blood, are dry to the touch. Halls echo desertion, and dust mates with dust. None knock. None knock but the bulldozer. None knock but the man in the ghutra. … Continue reading
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200 Years of British-Bahraini Relations? Pirates, Rogue Diplomats, and a Missing Treaty
2016 is apparently the 200th anniversary of British-Bahraini relations. The story goes that, in 1816, Britain and Bahrain signed a Treaty of Friendship which has endured the centuries, that these allies have grown to be amongst the closest and warmest … Continue reading
Will You Catch My Good Side?
The following piece was first published on 4 April 2015 on The Bahrain Debate, which I encourage you to check out. In January 2015, a strange story broke about a group of American students found living in Duraz village in Bahrain. … Continue reading
Saudi’s husseiniya massacre: sectarianism coming home to roost
On Monday 3 November, tragedy struck in the Saudi Arabian town of Dalwa when three unidentified gunmen opened fire on a ‘group of citizens’, killing five and injuring nine. The next day, two Saudi security officers were killed in a shoot-out … Continue reading
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Tamorrod: A New Era in Bahrain?
The streets of Bahrain swelled with protesters, so numerous that the security forces could not contain them with their firearms and tear gas. They poured in from every town and village and marched to the capital, Manama, where they defiantly … Continue reading
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Tagged arab spring, august 14, Bahrain, crackdown, tamarod, tamorod, tamorrod
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The Hakim of Bahrain
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the records, documents, correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. This week, a smaller piece on the 1920s, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1923, Bahrain, colonel knox, major daly, reform, sheikh hamad, sheikh isa, speech
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Old Greybeard of Bahrain
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the records, documents, correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. This week, a smaller piece on the 1920s, … Continue reading
Post Script & Bibliography
I didn’t intend it to be this long. I started the blog in May and just as I was getting into it, was hit by the pressure of the last weeks of university. When I was freed up, I wanted to … Continue reading
Year of the Nationalists, Part 5: Uncomfortable Peace
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the documents, notes and correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. Part 4 of Year of the … Continue reading
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