Reading post

These links have been gathered over quite some time, since I haven't made a post like this in a while.

First, some articles on the drain of people from Iraq. And an op-ed from Swedish Aftonbladet on the threat towards Assyrians/Syrianis especially. Dagens Nyheter has a series with very illustrative graphics in their paperversion on the migration floiws from Iraq, following the trip from a Baghdad travel agency towards Europe, but I can't seem to find it on the web...

Last week, the Stockholm peace research institute Sipri released their yearbook with statistics on military spending and other related issues. Here is a short news summary, also.

And a writer I admire, Salman Rushdie, has been knighted, to add to a long list of literary prizes and acclamations. I just sincerely hope that this well-merited act of recognition does not trigger the same sort of scenes that last years so-called cartoon crisis did...

Lastly, an article from Svenska Dagbladet on Persian rosewater and the traditions surrounding it. I actually ate an icecream called Teheran recently, in Stockholm!, with pistacchios, saffron and rosewater in it. Delicious!