At least at home, we celebrate spring now. Here, the heat has come along too far for that already. As usual, quite a lot of articles and reports have caught my eye lately, which I share below.
Turkey/Armenia
Svenska Dagbladet continues reporting on the Turkish-Armenian gradual rapprochement, also republishing an interview with Hrant Dink made shortly before his death in 2007.
Afghanistan
Svenska Dagbladet talks to Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt about his involvement with UNICEF in Afghanistan and other conflict areas.
BBC reports Afghan women protesting against new legislation. Eurasianet takes a look at the stakes in the Afghan presidential election.
UAE
This article from the National on citizenship in the UAE is not new, but still interesting.
BBC looks at the released abuse footage featuring a UAE sheikh. Human Rights Watch comments on the incident here, requesting action from relevant authorities.
The construction business looks at health and welfare of migrant workers.
Marc Lynch considers Islamist politics and the future for the National.
Iran
Brookings Institution looks at the Iranian economy in dire future straits. Peter Jones writes for Foreign Policy on lessons in how to conduct talks in Iran.
Wall Street Journal analyses the Iranian message in jailing journalists. BBC reports on allegedly Israeli (but actually fake-brand "Jaffa" Chinese) oranges sold in Iran.
IWPR has a new project aimed at Iran, Mianeh.net.
A very specialized resource on the sociology of African descendants in Iran is available (and I recently ran across some printed info on dito in Pakistan, leading me to guess the basis of both is slave trade).
Other Middle East
Middle East Online looks at Arabs view of the upcoming Iranian elections. Abdullah Al Shayji writes for Gulf News on Iran and the Arab world, too. RAND published a report on Saudi-Iran relations!
The National looks at Somalia's piracy issue and how (NOT) to grapple it.
MERIA has held a symposium exploring international perceptions of the Gaza war.
BBC looks at continuing tensions around Mosul.
BBC looks at "Orientalist" art on display in Sharjah.
Greg Gause in Foreign Affairs looks at the comeback of the "old" Middle East.
Svenska Dagbladet meets Algerian Maissa Bey and talks about women's role in society and her efforts for reading.
Bitte Hammargren writes for Svenska Dagbladet on restauration efforts in old Damascus.
UNAMI in Iraq releases this report on the prolifency of honour killings.
BBC meets clean-up efforts in poor districts of Cairo.
Internet freedom
Freedom House reports on Internet freedom in the world.
Dagens Nyheter compares two kinds of modern pirates in this editorial...
Index on Censorship announced freedom of expression awards 2009.
Miscellaneous…
Michelle Obamas style and share in her husband's successful first 100 days as president is highlighted by Dagens Nyheter as well as....
The image and mystic appeal of Cleopatra is explored in a book,, here reviewed by Svenska Dagbladet.
Dagens Nyheter takes a look at "fair travelling" and publishes Marianne Ahrne writing about travelling to India, visiting Sikkim.
Aftonbladet looks at Sweden's efforts in the 90's to encourage the comprehensive EU-enlargement which was realized 5 years ago.
The role of Finland in building signal-based intelligence archives in Sweden, currently much debated, is explored in svenska Dagbladet.
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