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Azerbaijan: Traditions

Posted by Onnik Krikorian on 07/11/2009

Sheki, Azerbaijan makes two posts on specific traditions practiced in her home country. In the first post, the blog explains how the shoes of visitors to homes are paired outside the front door, and in the second it looks at pickling white cucumbers.

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I am what I read? published in News @ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:17 +0000

Posted by Katherine on 06/11/2009

For a while, my news mainly came from the RSS feeds I chose to come into my netvibes account.  This was a form of personalising the news I received grouped into things more likely to interest me (so tabs for politics, culture, the third sector, technology etc) – still in the main from ...

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Israeli and Palestinian youth use video to understand the conflict

Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra on 06/11/2009

Two different organizations in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are using video tools to help both Arabic and Jewish youth to understand the conflict and bridge gaps between them, creating spaces for interaction and communication where they can share their dreams, concerns and though ...

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Ghana: Ghana highlights part I

Posted by Ndesanjo Macha on 06/11/2009

Gayle's first part of Ghana highlights: In Ghana, every region has something to offer. Culture, history, beaches, flora and fauna, you can sample it all over the country, from the tropical jungles of the south to the savannah plains of the north. If youre a beach or history lover, youll enjoy th ...

Arts & Culture English Ghana History Roundups Sub-Saharan Africa Travel

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Caribbean: French Literary Prizes

Posted by Fabienne Flessel on 06/11/2009

This week, two of the most prestigious French literary prizes were awarded to two French-speaking authors of African descent: The French-speaking Caribbean blogosphere has been buzzing over this double satisfaction, in this post from Haiti, this one from Guadeloupe and this one from Martinique [Fr].

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