February 2012
11 posts
“Russia and Kyrgyzstan will conserve humanity. That’s why I call Putin “a complex...”
– IDEK
“Many of the tribes, inevitably, are made up of people looking for love. There is...”
– China’s New Tribes [The Economist]
January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
12 posts
“Try nude models who worked in Fine Art Faculties in the early 1970s, hide all...”
– Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Egypt’s Nude Blogger, Stirs Partisan Waters
“It is only three years since a judge in St Petersburg, Russia, threw out a case...”
– American business is far from perfect, but it is generally agreed to be leading the way in tackling sexual harassment in the workplace. Most other countries have a lot of catching up to do. (via theeconomist)
“In this country [England], writers write to entertain, they raise questions of...”
– Ken Saro-Wiwa (via fyeahafrica)
October 2011
9 posts
“Obiang has created a brutal one-party state that revolves around his family. He...”
– The Guardian goes to Equatorial Guinea
“I need a cup of tea, I need a cup of tea,” said Nokes. “No one has...”
– The Guardian goes to Equatorial Guinea
“On January 1, 2012, the State Department will command a hired army of about...”
– The Iraq War Ain’t Over
“The Arab Youth Survey, in its most recent study of...”
– The Strange Power of Qatar
5 tags
On Being Asked For a Ruling Party Membership Card
you asked me, party cadre, for a membership card of the ruining party. what an insult to the flowers and the birds of my country in my heart. by Chenjerai Hove from Rainbows in the Dust Baobab Books, Harare, 1998
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September 2011
1 post
4 tags
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
14 posts
