February reading

I keep trying to update more often, but again I have a backlog of reading I want to share. A lot of Gaza again of course - and some I am keeping for more thematic posts.

About 2 weeks ago I blogged about the Day of Remembrance for holocaust victims and here are a few articles surrounding that: on recurring rasism in society as seen from a victim, on the specific situation in the Ukraine, a love story in the midst of living hell, about spreading the word, on a German officer disliking his own regime and leaving a distinct European heritage,

Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was ultimately my boss at the time of her tragic death. Here is a review of a book on her by her colleague and friend, witness to her murder, and here another and a third reader.

Aftonbladet calls on Jazeera pictures from Gaza to be widely used by media globally. Aftonbladet writes from the ruins of Gaza and meets an old acquaintance from the intifada. Also heritage is destroyed.

BBC reports on phosphorous wounds in Gaza. Strong opinions in Svenska Dagbladet on responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Thomas Friedman also expresses his opinion, for New York Times. Pierre Schori for Aftonbladet on strategies to meet Israel. Kjell Jonasson from the Church of Sweden writes of the (im)morality of war in Gaza and is interviewed too. Svenska Dagbladet meets the Palestinian doctor who works for peace and in Israel, losing several children in the recent war.

Dagens Nyheter tells the story of the shoe thrown at president Bush, landing in Tikrit, in giant shape. ;-)

MERIP on Obama and change in the Middle East policy field. Rob Malley for New York Review of Books on the Middle East, "What next"? Christian Science Monitor discusses Turkey's mediating position against the backdrop of recent events. Rumors of Al-Qaeda connections in Turkish robberies, showing fragmentation.

More about Nahid Perssons film on Farah Diba. The children of the revolution speak to Svenska Dagbladet. Trita Parsi for Utrikesbloggen on Khatami.

A much-discussed report from the Defence Research College on extremism and violence in southern-Sweden Rosengård.

Hanne Kjöller for Dagens Nyheter on the pain of humanity and trust in society. Also Dagens Nyheter, on relationships - to be or not to be...?

Pia Bergström writes for Aftonbladet on saving photos in the digital age - a very important topic for this blogger as you may imagine!