#durazsiege

Congratulations! #DurazSiege is One Year Old.

Yep. One year. A full city of over twenty thousand souls has been under siege for one full year, since 20 June 2016. How about that? It must qualify for a world record of some kind and I know that this is the reason it is really in place, to pin yet another browny point on Bahrain’s incredible levels of advancement in this modern age.

So, bear witness, I amrather thankful for the siege. There are…

DurazSiege True Stories: Day 301

I was barred from walking through the checkpoint at Oxygen Gym to my house which is just 300 meters away last night.

The policeman insisted that it is closed for all traffic, including pedestrians, and I have to go to the main checkpoint at the entrance of Avenue 36. That is a roundabout walk of about 3km to gain entrance to the besieged area.

Where is the sanity in this?

Explaining to him that…