Letters to the editor

Dear Stan,
I don’t know if there is an award in Bahrain for ‘sales person of the year’, but if there is, my vote goes to Ali Al Naham of Behbehani Brothers in Sitra.

I went looking for a new car last week with a bag full of cash (the proceeds of two cars sold in the UK before my family’s move to the kingdom) and visited quite a few garages.
Some of the sales assistants I encountered appeared to be more interested in talking on their mobile phones than assisting me and one totally ignored the fact that I was carrying a sleepy child and struggling to open a showroom door at the same time. He just stood and watched.
Ali, however, was a star - charming, funny, attentive, helpful and informative. It may come as little surprise that I returned after several test drives and bought a car from the first garage I visited. If my Jeep is half as good as Ali I’ll be a satisfied customer.
Yours sincerely,
Kathryn, Saar.

* Readers – tell us about your shopping experiences in Bahrain. Email editor@gulfweekly.com

Dear Stan,
Just had a look of the new GulfWeekly and it is very, very nice with all the new interesting features and colourful photographs.
Regards,
Raffy, Manama.

Dear Stan,
Anti-poverty campaigners are ringing the alarm bells about the rich world’s lack of action for Africa.
We have seen feeble progress in meeting the Gleneagles aid commitments of 2005. The result: tens of thousands dying daily in extreme poverty, millions of children without school, clean water and healthcare, no reform of trade rules to empower the poorest, the world’s most vulnerable already being hardest hit by climate change.
The world’s poorest can’t wait for rich countries to get around to making poverty history. In 2005 the public gave rich countries an unprecedented mandate for dramatic, not piecemeal, action. We must unite once more to remind governments that this is an issue of urgency, not complacency; the world can’t wait for action.
Supporters will have the chance to show that they care by sending a message to the G8 governments before they meet in Germany in June.
Best wishes,
Sue Smailes, Action Aid.