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23 October 2005

Daily archive · 4 posts

Stories from 23 October 2005

Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere

Written by Mohamed Marwen Meddah · Middle East & North Africa

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,...

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African Women Blogging

Written by Nish Matenjwa · Sub-Saharan Africa

“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...

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Video from Bangladesh: Rickshaw Traffic

Written by Andy Carvin · South Asia

Video of bicycle rickshaw traffic in Comilla, Bangladesh.

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Steppin' into the Turkish Blogosphere

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Middle East & North Africa

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...

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Updates from 23 October 2005

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 formality, of course, which was most likely set up to allow both the Syrian and Iranian governments the ability to track their nationals who enter their borders from a third country.”

• Haitham Sabbah

Mexico

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.

• David Sasaki