5 February 2006

Stories from 5 February 2006

Burning Butter!

  5 February 2006

The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogsphere. The selected posts reflect different deviations in opinions and reactions related to the infamous Danish Cartoons. Dalya Younis of Geraldine Kingdom blog writes: أقول.. أن أبسط شيء لم نفعله هو التعريف.. فلو أمسكت دانماركيًا يمشي في الشارع وعزمته...

A Zestful Welcome to the Wonders of the World

  5 February 2006

The best food of a country is the traditional food which has been tried and tested over the centuries. It suits the climate, and uses the best products of that country. We all have long food related memories: the aromas from the kitchens of our childhood remain when many other...

Iran: More Censorship

  5 February 2006

According to Haftan (Persian) which covers news about culture and literature, more books are going to be banned from book stores in provinces. Many of these books have been published in Iran and talk about music, political personalities and other topics.

Iran: Fragile!

  5 February 2006

Babak Seradjeh writes in Free Thoughts on Iran about failure of Iranian foregin policy on nuclear crisis: The big turn was the coming on board of Russia and China on whom Iran's foreign policy seemed to count to vote on its side in return for trade and oil deals. Iran's...