The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Bahrain is very dear to me.
I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people.
In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.
Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.
'Arab Labor' was light, snappy. We got emotional over things, but from a safe place, from the terrace.
The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.
We had to be very careful on our best behaviour when we went to these other countries. And then I made a living, I had a chance to support my wife and my kids. It was a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful program from that point of view.
I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my parents say, 'We have adopted kids.' The minute my sister Linda and I landed in Sweden, we were their kids.
Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized; school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.
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