Sunday, June 01, 2008

Early summer reading

But here in the Gulf it is really hot already!

BBC writes here on authority in Sadr city.

The Swedish government has hosted Arab NGO's discussing death penalties and critizing the practice.

Chair of Kvinna till Kvinna-foundation (woman to woman) critizes Swedish Foreign Minister for ignoring the role of women in post-conflict societies in a Dagens Nyheter op-ed.

Gulf News tells of maybe the closest thing to "UAE on a shoestring"?

Eurasianet comments US-Iran-relations.

BBC features Hizballah actions.

Expressens Anna Dahlberg contrasts Sweden political ambitions internationally with the political clout used to shape up its foreign service...

Amnesty's annual report highlights the lack of moral leadership in the world, here as reported in Svenska Dagbladet.

Barbara Slavin writes here for LA Times on the importance of the regional security map in the Middle East being shaped with a higher degree of responsibility among regional actors themselves. Rami Khoury recently wrote on the same theme, but I don't have a link I'm afraid.

BBC reports on Bahrains new ambassador to the US.

Sigrid Kahle reviews a new translation of Nizar Qabbani to Swedish, in Svenska Dagbladet.

Dagens Nyheter interviews Ian Buruma visiting Sweden.

The global water situation and Tony Allan's "virtual water" are highlighted by the business magazine E24.

More on the Swedish debate on equality in the labour market in the editorial comments of Svenska Dagbladet.

Dagens Nyheter comments a new book on former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.

Svenska Dagbladet tells the story of a man moving from a plush neighbourhood to the reputes ghetto, in Stockholm.

Dagens Nyheter pinpoints social (gender) conservatism in the revolutionary 68-generation in sweden.

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