3 November 2006

Stories from 3 November 2006

Reunion: Moslems and Music

Zarabes.info, the blog of the moslem community in La Reunion, rounds up (Fr) various recent articles about moslems and music and asks: “What is the real relationship between Reunion moslems...

4 November 2006

Mexico: Altar de Muertos

Eduardo of Ocho Cuartos writes jokingly about what a Monterrey Altar de Muertos [ES] would look like: “Our altar would be finely decorated with an ashtray of “the mountain city,”...

4 November 2006

Mexico: Oaxaca at a Standoff

Liz Henry adds to the immense amount of commentary and analysis on the continuing violence in Oaxaca by looking at the role women and female bloggers have taken in the...

4 November 2006

Argentina: Blog de Alzheimers

Mariano Amartino applauds the concept [ES] of Mal de Alzheimer [ES[, a weblog which aggregates experiences, resources, and information regarding Alzheimer's Disease.

4 November 2006

Africa: Africans and African-Americans

Home of the Mandinmories on the relationship between African and African-Americans, “We failed to take the time to learn enough about each other and end up sticking to preconcieved notions....

4 November 2006

Africa: taking orphans to the West

Jackfruity writes, “It's a horrifically crass thing to joke about, but here at Jackfruity we're all about crassness (not to mention ending clauses with dangling prepositions), so I'll go ahead...

4 November 2006

Kazakhstan: Borat

With the “Borat” movie appearing in theaters today, Sean Roberts asks if Americans really get the joke and KZBlog reports on some reactions to the character.

4 November 2006

Tajikistan: Low Key

Alexander Sadikov reports that with Tajikistan's presidential election only three days away, the campaign is still very low key.

4 November 2006

Poland: Driving Deaths

The beatroot writes about a significant number of lethal car accidents that occurred in Poland on the day Polish families visit graves of their dead relatives.

3 November 2006