Today’s Food of the World photo is by Yoolka05, from Ireland, who posted this photo of her dinner. Thanks for contributing!

You might be thinking that prawn stir-fry doesn’t sound very Irish. We’ve written before about the foreign influences in British food, and it sounds like Ireland has similar habits.

Want to share your food photos? Join our food of the world photo group and show us food from your part of the world. We’ll pick one every week to post on PocketCultures.com

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Thailand and Laos are neighbouring countries with similar language and culture.

But although Laotians have enjoyed Thai literature for many years, until recently Thais were more interested in ‘Western’ authors for foreign fiction.

As the literature scene in Laos develops, more books are finding an audience in Thailand. This article from the Bangkok Post explains more.

Another article gives an example of Lao poetry.

Have you read any books by Thai or Lao authors? What did you think?

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This is a quick reminder that our survey on Global Citizens will finish on 1st July.

The survey aims to discover what being a Global Citizen means to people around the world.

There have been some great responses so far and we’d love to see yours too. Please take two minutes to fill in the questions at the link below:

Click here to take the survey

Come back next week to see the results!

UPDATE: The survey is now closed and you can see the results on Monday! Looking forward to your reactions.

Lamia16 took this photo of hummus in Syria. Thanks!

Hummus is eaten in many Middle Eastern countries. This Syrian version looks very tasty.

Do you have Food of the World photos to share? Please join our photo group and show us what food you like to eat. We’ll post one of our favourites every week here on PocketCultures.

Have you tried hummus? Did you like it?

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Satay in Singapore
French cakes in Paris
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Benn loxo du taccu wants to bring world music to the masses.

The name means ‘one hand can’t clap’ in Wolof language. Wolof is spoken in Senegal, the country which inspired this varied music blog.

The author Matt Yanchyshyn travels a lot and writes about music and more from some obscure destinations and more well-known ones too - recent posts cover music from Hong Kong, South Korea, Senegal, Ghana, Italy and Hungary.

For a short time you can listen to the tracks featured. So head over and discover something new!

What music do you like? Do you usually listen to music from your country or from around the world?

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This Satay Master was snapped in Singapore by Globetrotteri. Thanks for contributing!

Read more about Globetrotteri’s trip to Singapore here on her blog My Several Worlds.

What is the food like where you live? Join our Food of the World photo group and share your photos.

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This map shows the importance of religion in different countries of the world.

Image: Wikipedia

It’s based on a Gallup survey and counts the number of people in each country who said religion is an important part of their daily lives.

The most religious countries are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Gallup’s post about the survey points out that while on average the USA is less religious than many countries, ‘religiosity’ varies a lot between different states. So people from Alabama are as likely as Iranians to say religion is an important part of their lives.

And since everyone is talking about Iran this week, let’s also note that according to this poll Iranians are less religious than their secular neighbours in Turkey.

Another interesting chart shows belief in creationism in various countries (via Common Sense):

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