Bahrain big inspiration for top US designer Manama, 1 hours, 21 minutes ago A young designer who has taken the New York fashion scene by storm says she was inspired by her upbringing in Bahrain. Misha Nonoo, 27, was born in Bahrain and raised in London by an Iraqi father and English mother. As a child, she travelled around the world, including Europe, India, Asia and the US, but she says it was the trips to the traditional Bahraini suqs that influenced Read more [...]

Britain should act to stop Russia replacing the U.S. in the affections of the Arab worldIt is now more than 40 years since Denis Healey, the Labor defense secretary at the time, ordered the withdrawal of British forces located east of the Suez Canal in a futile attempt to balance the government’s books.If few could dispute the economic imperative that necessitated a dramatic reduction in Britain’s global presence, the decision came as a particularly cruel Read more [...]