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Goodbye for now

Topics of the World

October 5, 2014

We’re sad to announce that we won’t be updating PocketCultures for the time being. We’ve had a [...]

Kazakh Proverbs for Your Wedding: Equals With Equals, Cow-Patties with Carrying-Sacks

It’s a muggy day in July when my Kazakh teacher, Aryslan, promises that I’ll have a free [...]

Sunderbans National Park

Lying in the cozy serene atmosphere of the border of West Bengal- Bangladesh, it is one of [...]

Films from around the world

Our contributors put their heads together and came up with this wonderful idea: to write about a [...]

Picture Postcards: Stamps from New Zealand

Today’s snail mail photo shows some interesting stamps from New Zealand although I should point out that [...]

Picture Postcards: Snail mail from the USA

This cool, round earth stamp arrived on a letter I received from the United States. A Family [...]

Picture Postcards: Snail mail in Costa Rica

This photo is from our contributor in Costa Rica, Nuria who says, In this picture, you can [...]

People of the World

Thought on her travelling life since teenage years

March 14, 2014

Tell us a bit about yourself. How would your friends or family describe you? Hello, my name [...]

When southern Europe falls in love with northern Europe- meet Can and Jaana!

Jaana, Can, tell us a bit about yourself. Can: We are an exotic couple. Jaana is from [...]

When a personal need turns into a business idea- the story of Anish and his app.

Hi Anish, tell us a bit about yourself! I’m 23 years old, born and brought up in [...]

Meet Kateryna, who started her own business from scratch in Turkey

The latest in our local business interview series is Kateryna, who moved from her home in Ukraine [...]

Zuwaina, sharing Oman’s seafaring traditions

Please tell us a bit about yourself I am a qualified accounting technician working during the day [...]

Marcel, writing and discovering his own heritage

Today we’re talking to an author among our own contributors, and following last week’s interview with Alexey, [...]

Alexey’s amazing adventures in Russia and abroad

We’re talking about books this month on PocketCultures, so here on People of the World we’ve got [...]

Blogs of the World

From our contributors: week of June 17, 2013

June 18, 2013

PocketCultures brings you some reading material written by our own contributors on their personal blogs. Happy reading! [...]

Reading your way round the world

Ann Morgan is a published freelance writer and sub-editor. Among her works is a special project she [...]

The Lighter, Astana. Photo credit: Celia

From our contributors: week of May 20, 2013

Have a look at what some of our contributors have published on their blogs: Mike, our contributor [...]

100 websites to learn about the UK

A group of the UK’s most prestigious libraries have put their heads together to select a list [...]

From our contributors: week of April 7, 2013

Some of our contributors have been busy at work publishing great content on their personal blogs. Here’s [...]

About the Argetinean railway network

In an article recently published on the website Global Voices, in its Spanish version, author Laura Schneider [...]

From our contributors: week of February 4, 2013

Here’s some material our contributors have written on their personal blogs in the past few days. Happy [...]