Little more than a year ago, I was in Manama Bahrain for three days (Nov 2009). Pleasant memories of this tiny island visit are still fresh in my mind as if it happened yesterday. Yes, Bahrain is only a tiny bit of an island. See details: Capital: Manama Continue Reading
Kashif Ali
Nigeria – Visiting Lagos part 1
“You are assigned a project in Nigeria”, my manager informed me. Nice I thought, I have never been to an African country; it will be thrilling to visit Nigeria, the biggest Black African giant. I had few Nigerian friends and I was always wondered about their culture, seeing it would Continue Reading
Funny Iran
Further to story of my visit to Iran Part 1 and Part 2, here are few funny things I came across. It was 3 am when I reached Iram Hotel Tehran after a long flight, exhausted, eyes heavy with sleep, I checked in. I was allocated room no 313, what a good number I thought! Continue Reading
JAK: An interest-free Bank
JAK: A non-Muslim Bank with a Muslim Philosophy I came across this interest free Swedish customer-owned Bank called JAK (Jord Arbete Kapital). Working on the principle of “Not-for-Profit banking”, it neither pays any interest on savings nor charges any on borrowings – a principle it shares with Islamic Banking. JAK Continue Reading
Riyadh Saudi Arabia (Dec 2010)
If Makkah & Madina are the spiritual centres then Riyadh is the political & commercial centre of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ultimately it is the home & power base of the Royal Saudi family and Wahabi mazhab (religion). Riyadh is the capital & largest city of Saudi Arabia with about Continue Reading