Global Voices Online

30 in 2005 on applying for a passport at the Indian High Commission in London - the long queue, clueless people and the general bureaucracy.

In a comment to MoldovAnn's recent post about Chernobyl aid organizations, executive director of one such charity mentions new approaches to rehabilitation of children affected by the 1986 catastrophe. The charity - Chernobyl Children's Project International - has a blog, too, and one of the stories there is about a 64-year-old U.S. woman whose donation has helped acquire medical equipment that “will save as many as 175 young lives a year” in Belarus.

Ola Eliwat from Jordan appeals to readers to dig deep into their pockets to help a family whose house in Baqa'a Camp was destroyed in a fire.

“Can i just say i m sick and tired of sitting here studying while knowing that people in Gaza don't have anything to eat?” asks Palestinian blogger Al Falasteenyia.

With four radio stations competing for the airwaves in Oman, Sleepless in Muscat wonders whether a fifth station would be ‘too much.'

Saudi blogger Dua'a promises to feature artists from Arabia in her new blog United Bloggers of Arabia.

“Some people in the Middle East have a problem, they mistake patriotism for stupidity and end up justifying the worst and most obscene injustice,” writes Syrian blogger Wassim.

Scenes from the Sidewalk posts some pictures and writes about a charity tennis tournament that took place in Kyiv last weekend.

Jerome Herrera feels history books do not give enough credit to the Spanish contribution to the Philippines.