· January, 2007

Stories about Ideas from January, 2007

Myanmar: Monarchy and the New Capital City

  6 January 2007

In a single post, Burmese blogger Aung Kyaw looks at the idea of re-introducing monarchy in Myanamar, the meaning of the name of the new capital city Naypyidaw (the military government moved the capital city from Rangoon to this city in a sudden and unexpected move last year) and uses...

Jamaica: Reading, writing & Absurdistan

  1 January 2007

“Writers who do not read have no right to write,” states Jamaican novelist Marlon James, in his meditation on reading and writing-cum-review of the novel Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart.

Libya blogs: The Last Week of 2006

The main themes dominating the Libyan blogs during this last week were, New Year, Christmas and Eid greetings, whith Khadijateri posting about the Eid Al Adha celebration and using photos for illustration. Libyan bloggers were also concerned with new pets, such as AngLibyan who brought a tame budgie home. Meanwhile...