Mahmood's Den, a prominent Bahraini blog has been blocked. Mahmood, a free speech crusader and anti-corruption proponent writes with great wit about his country's politics, his region, and relationships between the West and the Arab world (among other things). He has posted the government order signed by the minister of information on his blog, under the gleeful title "free publicity about to start!" (and tagged with a "brain farts" category). Then he writes:
Did I mention that these lists of “undesirable” sites are compiled most probably by our illustrious Jamal Dawood, the guy implicated in the bandargate scandal for accepting a kickback of BD2,200. Yes I know he’s cheap, and he’s still running for parliament! The guy has no shame whatsoever!
Mahmood is leader of the "Just Bahraini" campaign to oppose Suni/Shiite sectarianism in Bahraini politics. Here's how he describes the point of the campaign:
"It doesn’t matter if you are a Bahraini, Indian, Sudanese, Saudi, Kuwaiti or Plutonian. Show your support for us Bahrainis who want to live as a SINGLE nation away from sectarianism...Let us tell everyone that we will not stand by idly while some scabs diligently try to destroy our lovely country."
Here's the badge that he has been using to spread the campaign:
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