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Syrian Blogsphere in a Week

Yazan Badran · 15:54

To kick off this week, Ghalia welcomes the holy month of Ramadan in her special way, with another beautiful shot of her camera…

“Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur-an, as a guide to mankind, also Clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (between right and wrong)…” The Quran [2 : 185]

It's Ramadan, but it seems that no blogger has lost the appetite for politics, a very touching post from Fares with very rare pictures of Kamal Labwani behind bars, Kamal Labwani is one of the many political prisoners still held in Syrian jails…

I received these very touching photos featuring Kamal Labwani, 2 of them are of him in Jail behind bars and illustrate Humiliation and being stripped of Human Dignity being a political prisoner for an oppressive Syrian regime.

Ammar Abdulhamid is angry about the aggressive messages, and war cries coming out of the Hezbolla-Syria-Iran camp… (more…)

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Global Food Blog Report #33

Melissa De Leòn Douglass · 12:11

#1: From Sri Lanka, Janin's between Colombo and Wherever cooks up an interesting dish: Lazy rice!

Lazy Rice is the euphemism used for Sri lankan fried rice often made
using the leftovers of the previous night including leftover rice. Much alike our blogosphere pundits who ruminate over the leftover arguments of other bloggers comments and posts…Get cooking now!

#2: From Mexico, The Road to Merida reveals all the details of their daily life while staying in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. On Tortilla Making and Jamaica…

Back to Chef’s house and on to tortilla making. We all got a chance to make a tortilla the traditional handmade way sitting on a stool across from a Mayan woman. She was so kind and patient with us.
We had a lot of fun with it. We got to eat our tortillas cooked on the hot comal, or at least I think that’s what it was. We were able to compare them to the ones we bought made on the machine at the mercado. What a difference. We enjoyed our tortillas with a fresh glass of jamaica with lime. It is made similar to ice tea with dried hibiscus leaves. Read further…

#3: From What We're Eating: A Deep South Sushi Fusion!

Tonight we’re eating sushi with a southern flare. Our sushi was make with blanched collard greens (instead of seaweed paper), sushi rice, slowly-smothered chicken thighs, and oven-roasted okra. The sushi was served on a bed of spicy onion gravy. Get the recipe…

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East Asia

The blogosphere in Cambodia is growing rapidly and it includes both the locals and expats. Details are Sketchy introduces some new blogs from Cambodia.

Sub-Saharan Africa

A cancer to return to the heart of Nigeria?, asks Black Star Journal:
“I guess this begs the question: is the development of democracy in Nigeria so stunted that in a country of 130 million inhabitants, the only people qualified to seek the federal republic's highest office are ex-military dictators who raped and plundered the country?”

Eastern & Central Europe

As the first week of the Budapest protests ends and what seems to be “the Watergate case of Hungary” hasn't been resolved, Henrik of Hungarian Accent writes about “the violence, the lies, the media and the path ahead.”