Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Ideas from March 2009

Books are becoming e-books and blogs and websites have appeared as books and other types of media. In this state of flux, it looks like the paper book has the...

28 March 2009

Indonesia: Sharia Finance

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Malaysia: Dress worth $30 million

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

27 March 2009

Barbados: Moving On Up?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica, Canada: Caribbean Voices

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

India: Attending TEDIndia vs. Buying a TATA Nano

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Qatar: Lost in the Carpark

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

26 March 2009

Global Voices Book Challenge – Read Your Way Around the World!

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Arts & Culture

April 23 is UNESCO World Book Day – and just because the Global Voices team loves blogs, doesn’t mean we have forgotten other forms of the written word! In fact,...

Barbados: Being Green

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

25 March 2009

Guyana: Don't Get Fooled Again

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Libya: From Funerals to Weddings

Written by Fozia Mohamed · Middle East & North Africa

From the death of a cousin after a lethal penicillin injection to discussing why Libyan men prefer marrying 'stupid' women over those who are educated, Fozia Mohamed sifts through posts...

24 March 2009

Israel: The Language of Taxis

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Rasha Helwa, who is a Palestinian citizen of Israel living in Acre (and describes herself as living in Palestine), has written a series of short posts at her blog Zaghroda...