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Arts & Culture · October, 2009
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Stories about Arts & Culture from October, 2009

30 October 2009

Haiti: National Anthem Singing Contest

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: India Tour

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

29 October 2009

So much was said and written about the artificial virginity hymen kit - that Egyptian male blogger Mohamed Al Rahhal just had to buy one. Marwa Rakha brings us the...

Albania: Robert Elsie's “Albanian Dialects”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Hungary: Budapest

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

28 October 2009

Video: Winners of UN Contest became Citizen Ambassadors

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

We bring you the 5 winning videos for the UN contest where participants sent in a video stating what they would tell world leaders if they had the chance. The...

27 October 2009

Dominica: Fruit Cake

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Japan: News in Manga Format

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

Palestine: A Student's Tour Of Gaza

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

26 October 2009

St. Lucia: Death of the Artiste?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Caribbean: Rethinking Online Publishing

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

Caribbean bloggers imagine an online writing and publishing community using participatory media to overcome the difficulties of book publishing in the region.

Guatemala: The Giant Kites of Santiago and Sumpango

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

25 October 2009

Algeria: An American Political Cartoonist's Account

Written by Jillian C. York · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Jordan: Halloween Dilemma

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

China: Relics of the Old Summer Palace

Written by Michael Kan · East Asia

Back in the news again is Beijing’s Old Summer Palace, whose destruction still remains a sensitive topic in China. Built during the Qing Dynasty, it was later sacked by British...