Moscow Daily Photo is by Irina, who posts a different photo of her town every day, mixing well known icons such as the Kremlin and St. Basils with shots of everyday life and also nature photos where you can share the cold Russian winter!

Part of the City Daily Photo blog network which includes more than 500 blogs from cities all over the world.

Written by Najma, which means ’star’ in Arabic, this is the the blog of an engineering university student living in Mosul in the north of Iraq.

A Star from Mosul is a well written blog which gives a vivid account both of daily life and customs of Iraqi people, and the reality of living in a country at war.

Pakistan makes the news a lot recently, many times with stories about political turmoil and tragic bomb attacks.

All Things Pakistan is a group blog which aims to write about the many other facets of this dynamic and complex country. The focus is on encouraging discussion between Pakistanis and non-Pakistanis on different elements of Pakistani society.

The frequent and varied posts include a history of the Khyber Pass railway, Benazir Bhutto’s book (soon to be published) and their most-read post: Pakistani University rankings.