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Migration & Immigration · June, 2007
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Stories about Migration & Immigration from June, 2007

29 June 2007

Bahrain: The Tale of a ‘Legal Slave’

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

No longer a tax haven, people in Bahrain are fuming at the introduction of a one per cent tax to benefit an Unemployment Fund. Bloggers caught on the bug and...

Ukraine: Erotic Symbolism in Folk Songs Lecture

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Iran:Persepolis pulled from Bangkok Film Festival

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · East Asia

27 June 2007

Jamaica: Personal Space

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Hong Kong: 10 years

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

26 June 2007

25 June 2007

If Bloggers attended the Conference on the Caribbean…

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

This past week (June 18-21) leaders of CARICOM met with President George W. Bush and other top U.S. government officials in Washington as part of the Conference on the Caribbean....

Lebanon: Lebanese with Funny Accents

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

India: A Tamil Film in Malaysia and a Riot

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Arabeyes: How the Palestinians Defeated Themselves!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

What is happening in Palestine? Why have the Palestinians turned against each other? What is fueling the conflict? Who is the victor and who is really being defeated? And what...

Lebanon: Almost Non-Political Questions

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa

What are we eating? Why are our banks flourishing? Who are those clearing cluster bombs? How will Brazil help in recycling Lebanese wastes? Where are some of the children who...

Nicaragua: State Involvement in Remittances

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

24 June 2007

Africa: do African leaders care about Afro-Futurism?

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Peru: Celebrating June 24 – San Juan and Inti Raymi

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

June 24 is a very special date in many parts of the world, because in addition to being the longest day of the year, it coincides with the summer solstice...