Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere

The 7th Tunisian blogger meetup was held last Saturday. We met for a Ramadan dinner, then spent the evening together. We talked about everything; Ramadan, religion, blogging, new blogs, WiFi, the internet, personal stuff, …etc. As usual it was a lot of fun. The next Tunisian blogger meetup will be...

Iran: How do Iran track citizens going to Syria?

The Letter N says: “If you are an Iranian citizen who wants to go to syria, you need to go to the nearest Iranian Embassy, which then gives you an official letter saying in effect : “so and so is our citizen, please give her a visa”. It is a...

African Women Blogging

“Are we are a definition of ourselves, or other people's definition of us,” ponders Keeper of her thoughts and asks whether her identity is one “…constructed for myself as a response to a global hierarchy that places the African woman at the very bottom of the rung? Or is it...

Mexico: Wilma Destroys State of Quintana Roo

Eduardo Arcos [ES] and Olganza [ES] both have continuously updated coverage of Wilma's impact on the states of Yucatan and Quintana Roo in Mexico. Alfredo has a bilingual post about a phone line to locate tourists in Quintana Roo.

Video from Bangladesh: Rickshaw Traffic

Video of bicycle rickshaw traffic in Comilla, Bangladesh.

Steppin’ into the Turkish Blogosphere

Welcome back to the Turkish Blogosphere…. Here is a quick update on the newest items from the Turkish Bloggers who post mostly in English. Zik Zak has an interesting link to an educational book called “Who are the Turks” if you are interested in learning more about the Turkish people....