Thank you for posting this Hamid. Thanks for Global voices. Homeyra’s blog is great. Forever Under Construction has become one of my favorite blogs in the entire world. I always learn something fun about art and about Iran and Homeyra makes me laugh. What more could anyone ask for?
I forgot to add this to my previous comment: I just want to let people know about the organization for which I am literary arts directory: Persian Arts Festival, a NYC-based non-profit. You can check us out at http://www.persianartsfestival.org.
Krista, from the collective blog Muslimah Media Watch, shares her family's passion for “ridiculous and tacky” salt and pepper shakers. Their latest acquisition, a gift bought in Dubai, has raised a lot of questions in Krista's mind.
How do international media represent cities in South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East? Is it fair or helpful to development? A symposium of scholars from the London School of Economics in London, United Kingdom explore this topic. See video.
As the situation in Syria worsens, and more terrifying reports arrive from the Homs district of Houla, Foreign Policy-hosted blog Turtle Bay summarizes a report [PDF] from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the UN observer mission. This “gloomy” account clearly shows that measures recommended by Kofi Annan have not been implemented, and a viable peace plan is not yet in place despite diplomatic pressure. Ban Ki-moon notes that “while many fear the implications of a further militarization of the conflict, some have doubts that peaceful change is possible.”
Local open governance activists in Tunisia have launched the first open data website showing the municipal budget [ar, fr] of the city of Sayada for the current fiscal year. The Tunisian open governance community [ar, fr] has had some success in increasing the government's transparency; they have already convinced the Tunisian presidency to reveal its budget.
Thank you for posting this Hamid. Thanks for Global voices. Homeyra’s blog is great. Forever Under Construction has become one of my favorite blogs in the entire world. I always learn something fun about art and about Iran and Homeyra makes me laugh. What more could anyone ask for?
Hi Hamid–
Thanks for linking back to my blog, but I thought you might want to fix the link to ArteNews so that it takes people to the magazine itself: http://www.arteeast.dreamhosters.com/pages/artenews.
Let me join the thank you club :)
Thanks Hamid, Serv for your kind words and Richard for your work in the first place.
I forgot to add this to my previous comment: I just want to let people know about the organization for which I am literary arts directory: Persian Arts Festival, a NYC-based non-profit. You can check us out at http://www.persianartsfestival.org.