Global Voices Online

In Sargashte, a lesbian Iranian, writes that many people think homosexuals only want to satisfy their sexual desires. Blogger adds homosexuals & lesbians like heterosexuals are after a love relationship. She says recently in a magazine she found out about 10to 12 percent of a population can be considered as homosexuals. Blogger says I am not that alone in Iran (Persian).

Recent Links also in Middle East & North Africa

Rick Beeman, an American based in Bahrain, is back in the USA for a visit - and wonders about the behaviour of certain Americans: “These people didn’t seem to have any self-respect and that was the sad part. While the people I'm with over in Bahrain…the laborers, have an incredible work ethic.”

Bahraini blogger Green Oasis asks: “What's going on in China? Where are the Muslims?” [Ar]

Jordanian blogger Hareega marks four years of blogging with a message to his readers: “Thank You.”