That afternoon, I boarded a flight from Doha, Qatar, to Bahrain, in part to see for myself what was unfolding in the island nation I once called home. 
Mchana wa siku hiyo nilipanda ndege inayotoka Doha, nchini Qatar, kwenda Bahrain, kwa upande mmoja nikitaka kujionea mwenyewe nini kilikuwa kikitokea katika nchi hii ya kisiwa ambayo ilipata kuwa nyumbani kwangu.