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Arts & Culture · May, 2011
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Stories about Arts & Culture from May, 2011

31 May 2011

Thailand: Foreigners banned from getting religious tattoos

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Thailand: 9 Film Festival

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

30 May 2011

Russia: “My Perestroika”

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

Russia: OBEY Giant Poster Wonders ‘Who Set Up Strauss-Kahn?’

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

29 May 2011

Philippines: Novelist Mired in Plagiarism Controversy

Written by Karlo Mongaya · East Asia

Alfred "Krip" Yuson, an award-winning Filipino novelist, achieved notoriety for allegedly plagiarizing an article by his subordinate in a mainstream news agency. Here are some reactions from the Philippine blogosphere

Southeast Asia Funk Music

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Philippines: Short films of Kidlat Tahimik

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Puerto Rico: Fractal is Looking for an Intern

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Quick Reads · Latin America

Puerto Rico: Book by Julieta Munoz

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Quick Reads · Latin America

28 May 2011

Kuwait: What happens when we mix a rainbow with a garbage ?

Written by تاليا رحمة · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Palestine: The Insanity of Poetry

Written by تاليا رحمة · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Arab World: Ibn Khaldun Gets Doodled and Tweeted

Written by Nadine Toukan · Middle East & North Africa

Considered the greatest Arab historiographer and historian, the philosopher Ibn Khaldun was born in present-day Tunisia in 1332. He is also known as the father of cultural history and modern...

27 May 2011

Angola: Real Madrid ”Galacticos” in Africa!

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Mexico: Consensus on Disapproval of TV Series: ‘The Team’

Written by J. Tadeo · Latin America

Mexican bloggers share their disapproval of the television series "The Team" ("El Equipo") that seeks to glorify the country's Federal Police. The series is set to be removed from the...

26 May 2011

Russia: Peaceful Religious Co-Existence in Tatarstan

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

Russia: Politicalized literature

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Guyana: Dreaming of Utopia

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

United States: A Blog for Rethinking the Hispanic World

Written by Yarisa Colon · North America

In New York, the Hispanic cultural and artistic dynamism can be felt. Global Voices spoke with journalist and cultural critic Claudio Iván Remeseira about his blog Hispanic New York Project,...

Japan: Tokyo after the earthquake

Written by Scilla Alecci · Quick Reads · East Asia

25 May 2011

Africa: Africa Day Celebrated on Twitter

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Happy Africa Day! Africa Day is the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). In 2002 the OAU established its own...