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· February, 2007

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Stories about Humor from February, 2007

Egypt: In the Name of America

Sandmonkey entertains us with the tale of an Egyptian university professor who wrote In the Name of America (as opposed to In the Name of Allah) on a board in...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
21 February 2007

Touring Libyan Blogs

Equality among sexes in Libya? Yes, because now you have to pay attention to Libyan female pickpockets! This is what Khadijateri discovered yesterday when she went into a shop to...

Written by Fozia Mohamed
19 February 2007

A Week in the Saudi Blogosphere

False assumptions of a Saudi threat to US campuses, a bald Britney Spears, two new Saudi air carriers, Valentine's day, and the infamous “burqini;” all that and much more is...

Written by Global Voices MENA
18 February 2007

Syrian Blogsphere in a Week

We start off with a very special goodbye from Brian Anthony… Brian has lived, taught, and blogged from Damascus for more than two years, he returned to the US a...

Written by Yazan Badran
18 February 2007

A Week Goes by in Kuwait

From a new movie to a naming special day after a popular soft drink (pop for Americans) to creating Kuwait's very own supermarket brand. These were some of the conversations...

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar
17 February 2007

Russia: Vladimir Vladimirovich™

Scraps of Moscow translates a recent Vladimir Vladimirovich™ episode: “Once upon a time, Vladimir Vladimirovich™ Putin was sitting in his Kremlin office and waxing his Presidential skis.”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
17 February 2007

China: cycling with goods

Onemanbandwith puts up a series of photos to show how people carry a dozen pigs, tens of chicken, hundreds of eggs, etc in bicycle or motor cycle.

Written by Oiwan Lam
16 February 2007

Egypt: More Dangerous than a Monkey..

Egypt-based blogger Tom Gara is still in stitches over Hugo Chavez's description of George Bush Junior. “I really think that describing George Bush as “More dangerous than a monkey with...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
14 February 2007

Nepal: Tax heaven for greedy dodgers

With Blogdai one never knows the line between sarcasm and pragmatism. The post presents some radical ideas for Nepal. “Make Nepal and international tax haven. Rich foreigners fleeing tax reporting...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
14 February 2007
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