Stories about History from March, 2009
Iran: New Year and Obama's message
Iranians celebrate Norouz (Nowruz) or New Year today and President Obama has sent a message of peace to Iranian people and leaders.Watch it here.
Cuba: Six Years After “Black Spring”
March 18-20 marks the sixth anniversary of the Cuban Black Spring. Cuban bloggers remember...
Iran: Omid Reza Mir Sayafi talked about New Year
Omid Reza Mir Sayafi,Iranian blogger and journalist who died in prison yesterday, talked about Iranian new year in his blog,Rooz Negar, 3 years ago. He invited [fa] people to lay flowers on the tomb of Iranian war martyrs.
Martinique, Dominica: Mount Pelee
Repeating Islands’ Blog takes us to Martinique's Mont Pelée volcano and also offers a glimpse into the work of the Dominican/Martinican poet “whose verses…commemorated the tragedy of Mont Pelée…when the town of St. Pierre was destroyed by the 1902 eruption.”
Pakistan: Sari Makes A Comeback To Fashion
The trademark dress of the women in the Indian Subcontinent is called Sari. During the 80s it started disappearing in Pakistan after it was declared un-Islamic by then president Zia-ul-Haq . Pak Tea House reports that Saris are making a comeback in Pakistani fashion.
Sri Lanka: Thoughts on Lasantha Murder Case
ViceUnVersa discusses the possible reasons why Sri Lankan journalist and former editor-in-chief of the The Sunday Leader Lasantha Wickrematunge was murdered.
Martinique: Moving Memorial
Repeating Islands’ Blog introduces us to the Anse Cafard Memorial in Southern Martinique – “a deeply moving monument to the losses imposed on African peoples through the slave trade.”
Jamaica, U.S.A.: Eye of God
“The folks at AIG are proceeding as if it’s business as usual, paying out, and accepting, large bonuses, and that from public monies…how is it that some people…can’t grasp that we are…between the Devil and the deep blue sea?”: Jamaican blogger Pamela Mordecai says that the Eye of God image...
Zimbabwe: Honoring Ordinary Heroes
So, not only politicians qualify to be national heroes in Zimbabwe.
Cuba: Six Years After
Blog for Cuba maintains that six years after the island's Black Spring, “there has been no easing of the harsh repression of dissent in Cuba.”
Russia, U.S.: Red Star Comic
Copydude writes about Red Star, “a comic produced intermittently from the 50s to the 90s” in the United States.
Latvia: The Banned March
Free Speech Emergency in Latvia writes about and posts a video from “the banned march to commemorate members of the World War II Latvian Legion.”
Hungary: The Politics and Unrest of March 15
Hungarian Spectrum writes about the politics and unrest surrounding March 15, the day on which “the birth of parliamentary democracy is celebrated in Hungary.”
Czech Republic, Slovakia: 2nd Republic of Czechoslovakia
The Reference Frame writes about the 70th anniversary of the disintegration of the Second Republic of Czechoslovakia.
Czech Republic: ‘Czechoslovakia,’ writes AP
The Czech Daily Word catches the AP using the name ‘Czechoslovakia’ – and the IHT reprinting the piece without correcting the mistake.
Central & Eastern Europe: Ruthenians
Edward Lucas writes about the plight of Ruthenians.
Iran: In Defence of the Bahá'í Minority
The Bahá'í minority in Iran has long been under pressure, and it seems the situation has become worse. Iranian authorities recently accused seven leaders of the Bahá'í faith of espionage. The Bahá'í themselves say they are being persecuted because of their religion.
Kuwait: Vintage Pictures
Mark, who lives in Kuwait, posts a few vintage photographs in this post.
Syria: Stock Market Reopens
The Syrian Stock Exchange is up and running again – after being closed for the previous four decades, reports Josha Landis.
Ukraine: Memorial Flat of Mikhail Bulgakov
The Uncataloged Museum writes about the Memorial Flat of Mikhail Bulgakov in Kyiv.
Serbia: 18th Anniversary of Anti-Milosevic Protests
Belgraded writes about the 18th anniversary of the first anti-Milosevic protests in Belgrade.
