Showing posts with label GCC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GCC. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 January 2010

What's wrong with Arabia?

What's wrong with Saudi Arabia?

First, this Saudi man cuts off his own penis (then goes to intensive care) because of a disagreement with his father over marriage. Perhaps he should have done something to his father rather than himself?! Or maybe it wasn't that useful anyway.

Read here:http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-man-cuts-off-genital-after-blocked-marriage-plans-1.569368


Then, Saudi Arabia cancels the Islamic Games (which have only been around since 2005) because the Iranians called it the Persian Gulf. WHO CARES?!?! Maybe if the Arabs got off their fat backsides and did something, things would improve. Or are they scared Iran will beat them in every single game? Ok, we have our differences with Iran, but pulling out of the games should be a last minute resort. I read the news daily, and I was not even aware that the games even existed, or that there was a naming disagreement. All I got was that something I didn't know about was cancelled. Whoo hoo!

Come on, you hold games between GCC States and Iran and you don't expect a naming issue?! Dumb. This should have been agreed in advance.

Read here: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/islamic-games-cancelled-over-persian-gulf-name-1.569378

(Image credit: http://www.iran2009.com/)

Sunday, 11 October 2009

New GCC Currency - A Sneak Peak

A dear friend of mine sent me these pictures of the new GCC unified currency or the GCC Dinar. As you might know the GCC is comprised of 6 countries: UAE, KSA, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. However the monetary union will only contain KSA, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait after Oman withdrew around 2007 and the UAE withdrew earlier this year, after much controversy.

Here are the pictures:





Pic source:

http://www.alaan.cc/pagedetails.asp?nid=39838&cid=37

More info on the unified currency:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleeji_(currency)

في الإتحاد قوة
(In unity lies strength)