Falling government revenues are pushing Bahrain’s government to implement economic reforms, but it will need to make political concessions to pursue long-term changes. April 1, Bahrain raised the price of natural gas for industrial use by $0.25 per million British thermal units ...
Read More »My Name and Surname Are Not the Same
I refuse to refer to my name as my first name. It is not my first name; it is my only name. Yes, I acknowledge that for identification purposes I sometimes must be addressed by more than one name. Beyond ...
Read More »Is there Hope for Equal Political Representation?
Since the introduction of the National Action Charter ‘Al-Meethaq’ in 2002, women and men have equal political rights in Bahrain, giving both the right to vote and actively participate in politics. However, female presence in politics is considerably low. In ...
Read More »The Bahraini Society: Challenging Women’s Political Presence
Since the introduction of the National Action Charter ‘Al-Meethaq’ in 2002, women and men have equal political rights in Bahrain, giving both the right to vote and actively participate in politics. However, female presence in politics is considerably low. In ...
Read More »Eradicating Illiteracy in Bahrain
The United Nation defines illiteracy as the inability to read or write. It is estimated that more than 780 million adults are illiterate (17% of the world’s population) two-thirds of whom are women. Additionally, an estimated 122 million youths (60% of ...
Read More »Call For Submissions – Women & the Dynamics of Social Transformations
The Bahrain Debate is launching a new project titled “Women and the Dynamics of Social Transformations” to discuss issues regarding Bahraini Women’s rights and empowerment. To launch the project and our new website we are calling on Bahraini academics, bloggers ...
Read More »Bahraini Politics: Where Are The Women?
Since the introduction of the National Action Charter ‘Al-Meethaq’ in 2002, women and men have equal political rights in Bahrain, giving both the right to vote and actively participate in politics. However, female presence in politics is considerably low. In ...
Read More »Society & The Political Economy @ Al-Oruba Club, Juffair
Date: March 28, 2015 Time: 6:30PM-10:00PM Location: Al Oruba Club, Juffair Moderater: Dr. Omar Al Shehabi, Director of the Gulf Centre for Development Policies. Speakers presenting at the event include: Rashid Al Jassim, Leader in the Al Fateh Youth Coalition and ...
Read More »Radical Spatial-Demographic Transformations: The Need for an Intersectional View
Ever since the discovery of oil in the 1920s, Bahrain has experienced uneven and combined development – combined in the sense that it mixes old and new forms in society, and uneven as it is a development plot against the ...
Read More »Will You Catch My Good Side?
In January 2015, a strange story broke about a group of American students found living in Duraz village in Bahrain. The undergrads (according to the Gulf Daily News they were between 18 and 20 years old) had come to learn ...
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