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· May, 2011
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Stories about History from May, 2011

31 May 2011

Jamaica: Garvey's Good Name

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · ·

30 May 2011

Russia: “My Perestroika”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Abkhazia: Sergei Bagapsh Dies

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Poland: The Year of Anniversaries

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Serbia: Mladic Arrest Update

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Gambia: On Gambia's First President

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · ·

28 May 2011

Arab World: Ibn Khaldun Gets Doodled and Tweeted

Written by Nadine Toukan ·

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

Germany, Ukraine: Implications of the Demjanjuk Ruling

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Bermuda: Gay Rights

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · ·

26 May 2011

Ukraine: Proposal to Declare Crimean Tatar Deportation “Genocide”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Russia: Peaceful Religious Co-Existence in Tatarstan

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Serbia: More Reactions to the Arrest of Ratko Mladic

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Peruvians Say No to Fujimori in ‘March for dignity, Fujimori never again! #26m’

Written by Silvia Viñas · ·

Cuba: Architectural Heritage

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · ·

Trinidad & Tobago: Indian Arrival Day Food

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · ·

25 May 2011

Bahamas: Mid-Term Budget

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · ·

24 May 2011

Hungary: Changing the memory of Holocaust

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · ·

Archive of Southeast Asian Music

Written by Mong Palatino · ·

23 May 2011

Hungary: Orbán Government and Romania's Hungarian Minority

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

Russia: History of Russian Pop

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · ·

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