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History · August, 2008
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Stories about History from August, 2008

The historic Kinaxixi Market of Luanda, the Angolan answer to Corbusian modernism in architecture, has been knocked down to make way for a modern shopping centre. Is this a sign...

Iran: Watch an old commercial

Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa29 August 2008

Eritrea: African Reading Challenge 2008

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa29 August 2008

Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago: Reviving the Federation?

Quick Reads · Caribbean29 August 2008

Barbados: Obama's Speech

Quick Reads · Caribbean29 August 2008

South Korea: Old City Hall

Quick Reads · East Asia29 August 2008

Georgia, Russia, Serbia: The Use (or Abuse) of Some Historical Facts?

Central Asia & Caucasus28 August 2008

Serbian bloggers follow closely the situation in the Caucasus region. Many of them compared and analyzed the Kosovo issue and the newest opportunities in South Ossetia. Some of them were...

Saudi Arabia: The history of salons

Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa27 August 2008

Yemen: The Wooden Windows of Seiyoun

Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa26 August 2008

Georgia: Pepsikolka's Dispatches From Poti

Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus25 August 2008

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba: Olympic Medals

Quick Reads · Caribbean25 August 2008

Bahamas, Guyana: Walcott's Warning

Quick Reads · Caribbean25 August 2008

Taiwan: Viva la Generalissimo!

Quick Reads · Taiwan (ROC)24 August 2008

Russia: Rally at Red Square

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe24 August 2008

Ukraine: Past and Future of Independence Square

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe23 August 2008

Bahrain: Celebrating the Imam Al-Mahdi’s birth

Middle East & North Africa22 August 2008

In the middle of the Islamic month of Sha’aban, the month before Ramadan, festivities take place all over Bahrain celebrating the date of Imam Al Mahdi’s birth. The occasion is...