BlogHide Resteemsstarts (28)in pakistan • 7 years agoPakistani tourist spots you must visit in 2016Whenever we think of Pakistan, all that comes to our mind is terrorism, extremism, sectarianism, corruption, load shedding and inflation but despite all these issues, we immensely love our…starts (28)in foodie • 7 years agopakistani foodPakistani cuisine is the lesser-known food of the sub-continent and is rich in tradition, full of marvelous and diverse dishes. The blend of Indian, Far Eastern and Middle Eastern cooking techniques…starts (28)in human • 7 years agoNetizen Report: Network Shutdowns Threaten Communities in Syria, Venezuela, PakistanThe Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. With Facebook and Cambridge Analytica dominating the…starts (28)in human • 7 years agoIranian Detainees Face Privacy Violations, Public Smear CampaignsA version of this post was written by Mahsa Alimardani for ARTICLE19 and republished here under a content partnership. Imagine you’re about to board a flight home with your infant daughter when…starts (28)in human • 7 years agoGhouta's Youth Become War Reporters to Shine a Light on Suffering CiviliansThe following is a series of testimonies from Eastern Ghouta. It comes following two testimonies from Eastern Ghouta (in the suburbs of Damascus) by a nurse and a dentist, published on February 20…starts (28)in human • 7 years agoNetizen Report: Network Shutdowns Threaten Communities in Syria, Venezuela, PakistanThe Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. With Facebook and Cambridge Analytica dominating the…starts (28)in human • 7 years agoFrom Sydney Biennale Installations to Film Screenings, Ai Weiwei Highlights Treatment of Global RefugeesDuring a visit to Australia, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has blitzed the media with his concerns about the global treatment of refugees. He is the headline artist with two major…starts (28)in sterilization • 7 years agoThe Sterilization War In India That Never StopsThis post is a compilation of three articles written by Madhura Charkraborty and Alankrita Anand which originally appeared on Video Volunteers, an award-winning international community media…starts (28)in tunisian • 7 years agoTunisian MPs Propose Legislation Criminalising ‘Cyber Defamation’Tunisian members of parliament are proposing a bill that would criminalise online defamation. On 22 March, sixteen legislators from the Nidaa Tounes party in the ruling coalition, along with one…starts (28)in muslim • 7 years agoA Muslim Scholar Seeks to Link Israel and Indonesia Through the Hebrew LanguageMuslim academic Sapri Sale, who studied Arabic at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, wanted to establish a better understanding between Indonesians and Israelis by teaching Hebrew to…starts (28)in englishlanguage • 7 years agoHow English-Language Pronouns Are Taught Around the WorldThis story by Nicola Prentis for GlobalPost originally appeared on PRI.org on March 28, 2018, and is republished here as part of a partnership between PRI and Global Voices. The teacher holds up a…starts (28)in elections • 7 years agoDRC's Joseph Kabila Isolated as Delays to Organise the 2018 Elections ContinueThis article is part of the follow-up brief of the pre-election period in the DRC. The first article from the brief can be found here. 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Perhaps the most famous is Kumamon (くまモン), the bear that is Kumamoto Prefecture’s mascot, who became even more popular after the series of earthquakes that beset the prefecture…starts (28)in culture • 7 years agoPhotos of Japanese Soldiers in the Trenches During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905Recently, the excellent blog Public Domain Review shared just a small selection of colorised images depicting Japanese soldiers and camp life during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. The…starts (28)in photography • 7 years agoWomen Reporters Accuse a Prominent Russian Lawmaker of Sexual Harassment, but His Colleagues Stand by HimJust days before March 8, International Women's Day, at least three Russian women reporters accused Leonid Slutsky (pronounced as Sloo-tski), a populist parliament member, of sexual harassment. Yet…starts (28)in tokyo • 7 years agoExperience Tokyo's ‘Street of the Day’ With YouTuber MimeiWith her energetic, friendly commentary set to vibrant background music, popular Tokyo-based vlogger Mimei shows off the various streets of Japan's most populous city, one day at a time on YouTube…starts (28)in photography • 7 years agoA Journey for Justice in the Americas: Three Women Tell Their Stories in Kingston, Jamaica (Part 1)hree women from three very different countries met recently in Kingston, Jamaica. Under normal circumstances, their paths may never have crossed, but these inspiring activists have one thing in…starts (28)in sports • 7 years ago\FOOTBALL“I just felt angry,” Callum Wilson says as he remembers the moment when Bournemouth’s physio delivered the bad news in a hospital waiting room 11 months ago. Wilson had been hoping for the best…