| Dr. Paul Balles has lived and worked in the Middle East for 40 years -
first as an English professor (Universities of Kuwait and Bahrain), and for the
past ten years as a writer, editor and editorial consultant. He's had more than
350 articles published, focusing on companies, personality profiles,
entrpreneurs, women achievers, journalists and the media, the Middle East,
American politics, the Internet and the Web, consumer reports, Arabs, diplomats,
dining out and travel. He writes a weekly op-ed column for the Gulf Daily News
(English) and Akbar Al Khaleej (Arabic). He has also edited seven websites,
including www.bahrainthismonth.com, www.womenthismonth.com, |