Stories from 8 October 2007
Libya: In Love with Soup
Libyan The Highlander confesses her love for soup in this post. She writes: “My favourite dish on the evening meal is the Libyan soup and this soup only tastes special...
Iran:Photos and the day of Quds
Erfan Najafabadi has published several photos of his city,Shiraz,in the international day of Quds (Jersualem)on October 5th.
Jordan: Welcoming Sindibad
Jordanian Ahmed Humeid introduces us to Sindibad, (Ar) the Arab business renaissance blog.
Jordan: Teaching Eighth Graders
Jordanian Lina Ejeilat writes about her experience teaching a class of eighth graders in this post.
Jordan: Advice to Facebookers
Jordanian blogger Hareega dishes out advice to his country's Facebooker's in this post.
Jordan: Occupation 101
Mohammed Al Qaq from Jordan says that Occupation 101 is a must watch documentary.
Podcast with an Iranian Student
Mideast Youth has posted a podcast with an Iranian student who lives in the UAE here.
Egypt: Home made Pizza
Egyptian blogger Lasto-adri *Blue* has made a ‘perfect’ home made pizza.
Iran:Down with the Dictator
Tribone Azad says[Fa] that 1500 students chanted slogans such as “down with the dictator” against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he wanted to deliver his speech in the University of Tehran...
Singapore: Hate Comments
Rinaz in Singapore has figured out a way of dealing with hate comments.
Russia: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya
Sean Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog links to the New York Times’ translation of an interview with Petros Garibian, the chief investigator in the Anna Politkovskaya murder case, and receives...
Ukraine: Kovbasa/Kolbasa
Ukrainiana writes about Ukraine's kovbasa/kolbasa.
Ukraine: “NUNS’ PoRnification”?
Ukrainiana hopes that “the Orange Revolution’s third anniversary will not be defiled by NUNS’ PoRnification.”
Ukraine: Okean Elzy
Ukrainian Musical Matters writes about Okean Elzy, a Ukrainian band.
Russia, UK: RIP, Dainton Connell
Russia Blog writes about the death of the Pet Shop Boys’ manager Dainton Connell in a car crash in Moscow on Oct. 5.
Ukraine: Blogger to Read on Chernobyl on BBC
MoldovAnn will be on BBC Radio tomorrow, reading from one of her posts on a trip to the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
Ukraine, UK: “Falsification, London Time”
Taras Kuzio writes about his 81-year-old father's failed attempt to vote at the Ukrainian Embassy in London on Sept. 30.
Slovakia, Ukraine: Migrant Labor
Dr. Sean's Diary writes about Ukrainian migrant laborers in Slovakia.
Russia: Anna Politkovskaya's Memorial Rally
Russian bloggers discuss the rally that took place in Moscow on October 7: a few hundred people gathered at Novopushkinskiy Square to pay tribute to journalist Anna Politkovskaya, killed one year ago, and to talk politics.
Senegal: Water Taxis in Dakar?
Blog Politique au Senegal offers a modest proposal (Fr) for water taxis in Dakar.
Senegal: Education System Goes “Mafia”
Blog Politique au Senegal describes (Fr) Senegal's education system in a state of crisis: “It's difficult to say that the Pdef and the 40% of the national budget allocated to...
