Bahraini protesters have once again taken to the streets to express their resentment over the continued detention of the Persian Gulf kingdom’s leading opposition figure and Shia cleric Sheikh Ali Salman.Demonstrators held a rally in the northwestern village of Diraz, situated about 12 kilometers (7 miles) southeast of the capital, Manama, following Friday prayers, demanding the release of Salman, who heads Bahrain’s Read more [...]

When Grammy award-winning German DJ Paul van Dyk tapped DJs from around the world for his latest album, he called it "The Politics of Dancing 3" to show the unifying power of dance music.But Arab countries apparently aren't interested in unifying around music - his album is unavailable in much of the Arab world, apparently due to his inclusion of Israeli DJs."It's quite strange that the political situation in some corners of this planet Read more [...]

  The second series of Shuttler’s Clash tournament organized by Evenlode Badminton Club (EBC) and Dhahran Badminton Association (DBA) came to a successful end at Junior High School and IBIS indoor courts in Dhahran recently. Over 800 players from all over the Kingdom from Eastern Province, Riyadh, Jeddah, Abha, Yanbu and GCC players from Bahrain, Syria, UAE competed in this mega event. Players from various nationalities of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Syria, India, Pakistan, Jordan Philippines, Indonesia, Read more [...]