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Stories about History from August, 2008

29 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

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Eritrea: African Reading Challenge 2008

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago: Reviving the Federation?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Barbados: Obama's Speech

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

South Korea: Old City Hall

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

28 August 2008

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

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Central Asia & Caucasus

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...

27 August 2008

Saudi Arabia: The history of salons

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

26 August 2008

Yemen: The Wooden Windows of Seiyoun

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

25 August 2008

Georgia: Pepsikolka's Dispatches From Poti

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba: Olympic Medals

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Bahamas, Guyana: Walcott's Warning

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

24 August 2008

Taiwan: Viva la Generalissimo!

Written by Portnoy Zheng · Quick Reads · Taiwan (ROC)

Russia: Rally at Red Square

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

23 August 2008

Ukraine: Past and Future of Independence Square

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

22 August 2008

Bahrain: Celebrating the Imam Al-Mahdi’s birth

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

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...