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1Bahrain: Losing its identity?Bahrain manary ny mahaizy azy
2This week in Bahrain we have opinions on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit, a blogger's dilemma about whether to have a female friend, another getting stuck between his wife-to-be and her family, a call for more Islamic bloggers, and a fear that Bahrain won't stay Bahraini for much longer…Maromaro ny hevitra nibosaka tamin'ity herinandro ity teto Bahrain avy tamin'ny fandalovan'Atoa Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ny olana amin'ny fananana namana vehivavy, ny olana rehefa sarangotin'ny hovadiana sy ny fianakaviany, ary ny ahiahy fa tsy hitoetra ho Bahrainita intsony i Bahrain afaka fotoana fohy …
3Manama by night We start this week with a photo from a new flickr group called Top 20 Bahrain:Manama amin'ny alina Atombotsika amin'ny sary avy amin'ny tarika mpamoaka sary flickr vaovao antsoina hoe Top 20 Bahrain aloha ny resaka:
4Fun and games Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Bahrain briefly earlier this week, and bloggers have differing opinions on the visit and the man himself.Lalao sy fialamboly Nitsidika an'i Bahrain vao haingana ny filoha Iraniana Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tamin'ity herinandro ity, ary samy nanana ny heviny momba izany fitsidihana izany sy ilay olona ihany koa ny mpamaham-bolongana.
5Ammar thinks President Ahmadinejad is a fun-loving person:Heverin'i Ammar fa olona mahatsikaiky mahafinaritra ny filoha Ahmadinejad:
6Our very own favourite party-starter, Ahmadinejad, visited Bahrain yesterday.Nitsidika an'i Bahrein omaly ny mpiara-miombon'antoka manokana amintsika ny filoha Ahmadinejad.
7If you noticed helicopters around, road blocks, or riot police stationed around various areas of Manama yesterday, now you know why.Raha tsikaritrao ny fahamaroan'ny angidimby nihaodihaody, ny lalana notapahina, ny fahavorian'ny polisy nanodidina an'i Manama omaly dia ho azonao ny antony.
8Anyhow, the Iranian president met with our own King Hamad, and discussed strengthening economic ties between our countries, the current crisis in the Gulf, and kicking out the US from the region.Etsy ankilan'izany, efa nihaona tamin'ny Mpanjaka Hamad ny filoha Iraniana ary niresaka ny fanamafisana ny fifandraisana ara-toe-karena mampifamatotra ny firenentsika, ny krizy ao amin'ny Oala ary ny fandroahana ny Amerikana hiala ny faritra.
9Now it's this last point I want to focus on; i've always considered Ahmadi as the fun-loving type; he's been known for taunting the US, pushing them to the brink of war, and then backing up and saying all he wants is peace with that huge smile he's well famous for.Io teboka nolazaina farany io no ifantohantsika; nataoko ho olona maha-te-ho tia mahatsikaiky hatrany i Ahmadi; efa fantatra ny fankahalany Amerikana, ny fanosehana azy ireo (US) hivarina amin'ny ady, ary manizingizina anaty tsiky manaka-tsofina mampalaza azy avy eo fa fandriampahalemana no tena tadiaviny.
10He's done this numerous times, and it's something a little like watching a comedy show.Efa famerimberiny mandrakariva moa izany fihetsika izany, moa va tsy tahaka ireny hoe mijery teatira ireny isika.
11Mahmood thinks the president was like Santa Claus:Mahmood indray moa mijery ny filoha tahaka ny dadabe Noely:
12There must have been quite a run on dental surgeries over the last couple of days which continues today and possibly for a few days to come.Efa ho betsaka angamba izany nandritra ny roa andro, mitohy androany ary mety ho mandritra ny fotoana vitsivitsy aza ny hamonjy mpitsabo nify.
13The reason is not a sudden national oral hygiene awareness, but a condition borne of gnashed teeth to the point of shattering!Tsy noho ny fanentanam-pirenena hanaja ny fahadiovana no anton'izany fa noho ny fihidiana vazana manoloana ny zavatra mety hanohina anaty tanteraka!
14Why I hear you ask?Nahoana aho no mandre anao manontany?
15Well, Ahmedinejad was Bahrain's Santa yesterday.Satria manko i Ahmedinejad no dadabe Noelin'i Bahrain omaly.
16Yes, I know, his timing has always been off a bit, it's still a few weeks until the presents are opened, but he came bearing very welcome gifts nonetheless, ones that the whole nation - especially the government and business community - has afforded them a huge sigh of relief.Eny, mety ho diso fotoana kely angamba izy, fa mbola miandry herinandro vitsy ny fotoana fifanolorana sy fanokafana fanomezana, saingy dia avy nanolotra mari-pahatsirovana fanohanana lehibe ho an'ny firenena manontolo - indrindra ny governemanta sy ny tontolon'ny fandraharahana - aloha izy.
17Bahrain, no thanks to our familial-tied Qatar, will now have guaranteed access to up to 2 billion cubic feet of gas a day to run its power stations which subsequently will directly shore the burgeoning plethora of energy-hungry projects; hence, one could say that Iran - much to the chagrin of even some parliamentarians and rabid anti-Iran personages - will have a direct hand in Bahrain's future growth.Efa azo antoka manko (veloma ry Qatar mpiara-miombon'antoka mahazatra) fa hahazo entona fandrehitra 2 000 000 000 metatra toratelo isan'andro i Bahrain ary hivantana any amin'ireo toby izay mamatsy ireo tetikasa mpandany angovo maro dia maro mipoitra etsy sy eroa izany ; na dia mety hisy aza - ny parlemantera sasany ity sy ireo olona mpankahala tanteraka an'i Iran - halahelo dia hita fa hanampy mivantana ny fampitomboan-karenan'i Bahrain ny firenena Iraniana eto.
18Maroon Al Ras has further analysis of the visit here (in Arabic).Maroon Al Ras moa mbola manana fanadihadiana mikasika io fitsidihana io eto (amin'ny teny Arabo).
19Crossing boundaries It's not just Bahrain; omranx is also making new friends:Mihoatra ny vala Tsy i Bahrain ihany no misy tahaka ity; nahazo namana maro vaovao i omranx:
20i just joined uob [University of Bahrain] and it was kinda cool, i wasnt use to study with girls in my class lol, at first it was kinda hard but later i got use to ( little ) will anyway after about 2months i guess, i made a friend female friend lol. at first of the relationship it was hard lol talking to a girl, i never did that before, the relationship was based on friends no more, after 3weeks i guess, we started talking, somtimes calling, u know sh5bar [how are you] bla bla. there was a guy i know, he was telling me what ur doing is wrong, at first i belived him but later on i thought why its wrong. am not doing anything wrong, first i think i never hard a relationship like this before, i have to get use to cuz later on i will need to make relationships like this so i can live easily lol.Vao tafiditra tao amin'ny uob [University of Bahrain] aho ary mahafinaritra ihany ilay izy, tsy mbola niaranianatra tamina sipa izany aho lol, tamin'ny voalohany aloha aho sahirana ihany fa efa zajatra (kokoa) izao ary roa volana taty aoriana dia nahazo namana vehivavy lol. Sarotra ny miresaka amina sipa amin'ny fifandraisana voalohany, tsy mbola nanao izany mihitsy aho teo aloha, mifototra amin'ny filanamana fotsiny ny fifandraisana fa tsy mihoatra izay, nifampiresaka izahay telo herinandro taorian'ny fifankahitana voalohany raha tsy diso aho, nifampiatso indraindray, fantatrao izany ry sh5bar [manao ahoana ianao] bla bla.
21Nisy tovolahy fantatro izay niteny tamiko fa tsy mety ny ataonay, nanaiky ny teniny aho tamin'ny voalohany fa nieritreritra aho taoriana hoe fa nahoana moa no tsy mety?
22tell me what u think about this. is it right or wrong?Tsy misy fahadisoana heveriko ho nataoko.
23Voalohany dia tsy mbola nanana fifandraisana toy izao mihitsy aho teo aloha, efa nieritreritra ihany aho hoe inona moa no ilaiko hanorenana fifandraisana tahaka izao ary dia tontosako moramora ihany ilay izy lol.
24Which way to turn?Lazao ahy ary izay eritreritrao momba io.
25Tito84 explains his absence from blogging - and reveals a dilemma:Mety sa tsy mety? Lalana aiza no aleha?
26Apart from being too busy with work, I have proposed on 2nd of Nov. to get engaged, and thanks to Allah my betrothal was accepted.Nanazava ny tsy namahanany bolongana i Tito84 ary nilaza ny olana teo aminy: Ankoatra ny fahasahiranana eo amin'ny asa, dia nangata-bady aho tamin'ny 2 novambra, isaorana Allah fa nanaiky ny fangatahako (betrothal).
27I was really feeling shy that day and was looking down at my knees all the time.Nahatsiaro menatra tokoa aho tamin'io fotoana io ary dia niondrika nijery ny lohaliko mandrakariva.
28Even when I was offered food, I ate in an irritating slow pattern.Eny fa na dia tamin'ny nanolorana sakafo ahy aza dia tena niadana dia niadana nahakamo izay ny fihinanako azy.
29The most important thing that everything is all right and I got to relate to the girl of my dreams.Ny tena zava-dehibe aloha dia tontosa soa amantsara ny zavatra rehetra ary efa afa-mifandray amin'ny zazavavy nofinofisako aho.
30Now here is the surprising part. From the moment I proposed to her, I thought everything ( I mean the party and ملجة preparations) would run as smooth as silk.Ity indray ny lafiny nanampoka ihany. Tamin'ny fotoana nangatahako azy dia efa noeritreretiko fa hizotra moramora avokoa ny zavatra rehetra ( izany hoe ny fanasana sy ny fankalazana ny ملجة ).
31I thought that you only have to decide where to make the women party and how much would you pay the bride as a marriage portion (مهر).Noheveriko fa mitady ny toerana ametrahana ny vehivavy sy ny vola “vidin'ny vady” (مهر) vady hahazoana azy fotsiny dia vita ny raharaha.
32This wasn't really the actual scenario.Saingy tsy izay no tena fanehan-javatra.
33Regardless of the financial expense, I've found that many minor details should be taken care of.Raha tsy resahina intsony ny vola lany, dia hitako fa maro ny antsipirihan-javatra mila tandremana ihany koa.
34First you have to go shopping with the bride and her family for dresses, accessories, make-up stuff.Voalohany aloha dia miara-miantsena amin'ny hovadiana sy ny fianakaviany ianao hividy ny akanjony, ny zavatra miaraka aminy amin'ny fampakaram-bady, ary ny kojakojam-pikarakarana (tarehy).
35Then you have to decide how to decorate the stage where the bride and groom will sit.Avy eo dia mbola heverina ihany koa ny handravahana ny toerana hipetrahan'ny mpampakatra sy ny ampakarina.
36Also, there are these little boxes where you provide the guest with chocolate.Dia mbola misy boaty kely maromaro ihany koa hatolotra ny olona asaina miaraka amin'ny Sokolà.
37There is also the شبكة Shabka and wedding card decoration.Ankoatra izay ihany koa ny شبكة Shabka sy ny endrika amam-bikan'ny taratasy fanasana.
38What makes all this stuff painful and exhausting is that my family are asking me to prepare for it in a certain way.Ny tena mandreraka sy mahakivy dia ny toro-hevitry ny fianakaviana misy ahy hanatontosana azy araka ny fijeriny.
39For example, make the invitation cards with this certain decoration, do this , do that etc. While on the other hand, the soon-to-be my wife is asking me to do it in another way.Ohatra, ity sary ity no andravaho ny taratasy fanasana, ataovy itsy, ataovy izatsy. Etsy ankilan'izany ihany koa ireo avy amin'ny andaniny misy ny hovadiana miangavy hanaovana azy amin'ny fomba hafa noho ny teo.
40This leaves me stuck in the middle between two radical extremes!Tena nandany fotoana be dia be ho ahy ny nitady ny marimaritra iraisana tamin'ny safidy roa tena nifandaka tanteraka!
41Bahrain's bloggers Layal is pondering the Bahraini blogosphere, after reading a piece by a local journalist about the apparent divisions amongst bloggers:Ny Mpamaham-bolongan'i Bahrain Manatsinjara ny tontolom-bolongana Bahrainita i Layal taorian'ny namakiany sombin-dahatsoratra nitarafan'ny mpanao gazety iray ny amin'ny fizarazarana eo amin'ny mpamaham-bolongana:
42He divided (the blogs) into three parts: Mahmood Al Yousif and his group, whom I consider to be the big fish of blogging.Nozarainy ho telo ny tari-bolongana: Ny tariky Mahmood Al Yousif, izay mahazo ny laka amin'ny fahamanam-bolongana.
43And following them the second group of blogs, the journalists.Manaraka azy ireo ny tarika faharoa dia ny mpanao gazety.
44And after them the hard-working and oppressed category, the ‘beggars'.Ary aorian'izy ireo ny mpiasa mafy, ny sarangan'ireo voatsindry, ireo ‘mpitaky'.
45Since I started blogging I have tried to categorise the Bahraini blogosphere, and I have divided it into two parts: those who have insight, and those who are seeking some identity through blogging.Hatramin'ny nanombohako manko dia nozaraiko roa izy ireo: dia ireo izay efa manana ao anaty, sy ireo izay mbola mitady ny mahaizy azy amin'ny alalan'ny famahanam-bolongana.
46Rayyash thinks there should be more Islamic bloggers in Bahrain:Mihevitra i Rayyash fa tokony ho maro kokoa noho ny misy ankehitriny ny Mpamaham-bolongana Silamo ao Bahrain:
47When this blog was started some years ago, the number of blogs in Bahrain could be counted on your fingers, and it was very easy to follow what was being written!Raha niainga ity bolongana (blaogy) ity taona vitsivitsy lasa izay dia mbola azo nisaina tamin'ny rantsan-tanana ny bolongana teto Bahrain, ary araka tsara izay voasoratra rehetra!
48Expect the thing that distinguished this period was that the vast majority of bloggers represented the liberal line of thinking.Ankoatra izay tena nampiavaka ireny fotoana ireny dia olona manana fisainana malalaka ny ankamaroan'ny mpamaham-bolongana.
49… The situation has not changed much today.… Mbola tsy niova loatra anefa io toe-javatra io mandraka ankehitriny.
50The number of blogs has greatly increased and they have become one of the most important sources of knowledge and information in the world, while the brightness of the discussion forums has dimmed, but the disaster is that 97% percent of bloggers in Bahrain are liberal and secular and do not belong to the religious or Islamic path.Nitombo dia nitombo ny isan'ny bolongana ary izy no tena loharanom-pahalalana sy loharanom-baovao voalohany manerantany, saingy nihavasoka kosa famirapiratan'ny adihevitra, ny tena olana dia mitana ny foto-pisainana liberaly sy tsy mitodika amin'ny fivavahana (na miankina amin'ny fototra Islamika) ny 97%n'ny Bolongana misy eto Bahrain.
51This issue will create problems in the future, and we have to take care and put in place a plan of action through the youth groups and associations for establishing blogs which will reflect the reality of Bahraini society.Hiteraka olana io tranga io ary tokony handray andraikitra isika hanetsiketsika ny vondrona tanora sy ny fikambanana samihafa hanaganan'izy ireo bolongana maneho ny tena zavamisy any amin'ny tontolom-piaraha-monina Bahrainita.
52Islam and other faiths Hayat wonders whether Islam is a religion of tolerance:Islam sy ny finoana hafa Manontany tena i Hayat raha fivavahan'ny fandeferana tokoa ny fivavahana Silamo:
53Some people will find that just thinking or researching or discussing this subject is an attack on Islam or scepticism about it, and some may decide I am an unbeliever or develop hate for me.Hatramin'ny fahakeliko no efa nampianarana ahy isan'andro na any an-trano na any an-tsekoly fa fivavahan'ny fandeferana ny Islam. Saingy rehefa mihalehibe aho dia mivandravandra ny fifangarihan'ny hita andavanandro sy ny nampianarina fa tena finoan'ny fahazakana tokoa ny Islam.
54Mety heverin'ny sasany ho fitsikerana na fanoherana ny Islam ny fieritreretana, fikarohana na miady hevitra amin'izany ka hahatonga azy hanao hoe tsy mpino aho na mampitombo ny fankahalana tena ato anatiko.
55Some might say that this reaction (of intolerance) is not a general one amongst all Muslims, and I agree with them.Mety hilaza ny hafa hoe tsy ny Miozolmana rehetra no manana io toetran'ny tsy fahazakana ny hafa io ary mitovy hevitra amin'izy ireo aho.
56However I see the majority this way, and history and the present bear witness to the fact that Islam has a blood-soaked history because it did not accept others.Na izany aza dia hitako fa ny maro an'isa kokoa no mandeha amin'io lala-malama io ary ny tantaran'ny lasa sy ny zavamisy ankehitriny no maneho fa nampandriaka ra ny Islam satria tsy nanaiky ny hafa.
57Manama by day We finish with a photo that gives Mohammed AlMaskati pause for thought:Manama amin'ny atoandro Faranantsika amin'ny sary tao amin'ny Mohammed AlMaskati hampieritreritra:
58This picture was not taken somewhere in the streets of Mumbai or Hyderabad, nor is this a protest rally in support of Benazir Bhutto against the controversial emergency rule imposed by General Musharraf, sadly those are the streets of Manama, evident only by the Masha'allah sticker seen on the minivan at the bottom right corner.Tsy nalaina avy tany Mumbai na Hyderabad ity sary ity, tsy sary nalaina tamin'ny fitokonan'ny mpanohana an'i Benazir Bhutto izay manohitra ny lalànan'ny tany mihotakotaka najoron'ny Jeneraly Musharraf, mampahonena fa sary eny an-dalam-ben'ny Manama io, ary ny marika Masha'allah hita eo ambonin'ny fiaram-pitateran'entana kely eo ambany ankavanana ihany no amantarana izay misy ny toerana.
59What's strange is that there is not a single Bahraini in sight, and what's even stranger is that each and every single one of those cheap laborers has a job that doesn't only suffices his expenses, but casually does extend to sending a proportionately large portion of their monthly income to their families back home.Ny mahahafa azy dia tsy endrika maningana eto Bahrain io, ary mbola mahahafahafa azy ihany koa dia tsy hoe manana ny asa ahafahany mivelona tsara ny mpiasa tsirairay karamaina mora hita amin'ny sary, fa mbola afaka mitondra ny ampahany be amin'ny karamany rehefa mody any aminy.
60Don't get me wrong, I am in no way against those people or the nations flooding our markets with cheap labor and have nothing but absolute respect for those hard workers who chose to leave their country, family and friends behind in search for the green buck, let's not go deep into the economics here and talk about their true effect on our labor market, how about we talk something we can understand and relate to..Aza diso fandray ahy, tsy manohitra ireo olona ireo aho na manohitra ny fahabetsahan'ny mpiasa vahiny karamaina mora eny an-tsena, fa manaja tanteraka ireo mpiasa nahavita nandao ny firenena nihaviany, ny fianakaviany sy ny namany mba hila ravinahitra an-tany lavitra, tsy hiditra lalina amin'ny fiantraikany amin'ny toe-karena sy eo amin'ny tontolon'ny asa aho fa izay tiako asiana fanamarihana kely fotsiny dia ny fiantraikany eo amin'ny kolontsaina na ny sisa tavela aminy …
61The Culture -or what's left of it at least…Maro ny zavatra azo nolazaina avy any Bahrain tao anatin'ny herinandro.
62More from Bahrain in a week.Ayesha Saldanha