How to say ‘Hello’ in 20 Languages LanguagesTopics of the World October 30, 2008 38 On a recent trip to the beautiful Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey I was impressed to see [...]
Indian investors lose hope in Lakshmi CelebrationsEconomyReligionTopics of the World October 28, 2008 This week India is celebrating Diwali, the festival of light. The festival is important for Hindus, Sikhs [...]
Tumbling around the USA Blogs of the WorldUSA October 23, 2008 2 This week’s Blog of the World definitely shows a new side of life in the USA. Olivia, [...]
Santi (Indonesia) and Nico (France) FranceIndonesiaPeople of the World October 23, 2008 1 It becomes obvious there are two food cultures living in our household. Breakfast is always simple, with [...]
African economies and the credit crisis EconomyTopics of the World October 22, 2008 1 African countries have in the past missed out on growth opportunities through lack of integration in the [...]
Multi-cultural resources Across culturesPeople of the World October 21, 2008 I’m going off-topic a bit for this post, but I wanted to point out some updates we’ve [...]
World Language Families LanguagesTopics of the World October 17, 2008 Did you know that English belongs to the same family of languages as Persian (spoken in Iran [...]
Kaleidoscope on Pakistan Blogs of the WorldPakistan October 16, 2008 Beenish Khan writes Kaleidoscope from Pakistan. She works as a software engineer and so writes a mixture [...]
Oktoberfest recipes FoodTopics of the World October 11, 2008 Less than two weeks after the end of Oktoberfest 2008, the town of Munich in Germany is [...]
Professional Mongolian women EconomyMongoliaMusic, Art & CinemaPeopleTopics of the World September 30, 2008 4 For many people the first images of Mongolia that come to mind are barren steppes, open skies [...]
Iraqi food for Jewish New Year CelebrationsFoodIraqReligionTopics of the World September 29, 2008 This week Jews are celebrating the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Many Jews eat sweet foods during [...]
Ziboy: the boy from Beijing Blogs of the WorldChina September 28, 2008 1 Ziboy is a Chinese photoblog by Beijing based photographer Wen Ling. The blog shows photos of Chinese [...]