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June 02, 2005
[Thinking-East] Web - ad-Dar al-Internet
۩ Dar al-Internet, House of the Links.۩
For your web-browsing pleasure...
۞ Siberian Light's Carnival of the Revolutions index, "a sampling of how democracy is marching forwards (and sometimes backwards) in the world today."
۞ The Registan's May 30th, 2005 Carnival of the Revolutions, " humble collection of democracy news–good and bad–from the past week."
۞ The website for Berkeley, California-based Students for Global Democracy, whose motto is, "Make the world a better place by promoting political liberties worldwide."
۞ The website for Friends of Democracy, "Ground-level election news from the Iraqi people." [Contributors to Thinking-East.]
۞ On a voyage to an untamed land, the LiveJournal personal/professional blog for Christopher Schwartz.
This entry shall be updated from time to time...
Thinking-Eastmentions in Technorati search as of 6/2/2005:
Ben's Mongolia coverage: Global Voices Online Friday World Blog Roundup 5/21/2005
Olesya's Andijon coverage: The Golden Road to Samarqand Interesting Places to Visit 5/16/2005
Nathan Hamm's Craig Murray article (Is. 2.5): Coming Anarchy My boy is wicked smart! 4/28/2005
Daler Rahimov's TZ elections article (Is. 2): Americans for Freedom Thinking-East presents Daler Rahimov... 3/30/2005
The Tulip Revolution: Nomad Photo montage from Thinking-East blog
2/21/2005, Kristin at the The Boylan Blog writes,
With President Bush vowing to spread democracy across the globe, it is ever more imperative that students are informed about the world that lies east of Long Island.
A pioneering project from the University of London, created by students for students strives to bring to light the struggle for freedom of choice and thought in countries in North Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Central Asia. Thinking-east.net is a nonprofit e-publishing platform where students who live in these areas – about which most of us know shamefully little – provide a fresh and informative perspective on their lives.
In a special issue on elections, one can hear first-hand accounts of election concerns from students in Tajikstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Get out your world atlas before you log on.
The editors, Ben Paarman and Christopher Schwartz, both students at U of L, are always looking for contributing writers, so if any of you know of students who live in those areas and speak at least some English, they would be happy to hear from you.
March 08, 2005
Schwartz - Perpetual Table of Contents
"Put me on a ship that is sinking, on a voyage to an untamed land..." --from Don't Take Your Love Away by Jon Crosby (V.A.S.T.)
Here's the list of my major blog entries thusfar (including photography and philosophizing!) Periodically I'll reprint this Table of Contents and change its auto-publish date, so it will keep moving up the blog. I would also like to offer humble gratitude toward Ben, without whose website (and wallet) this blog would not be possible.
There must be peace between symbols NEW! [The Journal News and TE.Net]
Hail and Farewell, Holy Land NEW!
א Part I: Final Visit to Beit Sira; Campfires; Trip to Phiadelphia
ב Part II: Other Photographs & Reminisces UPDATED!
ג Part III: Travels UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
ד Part IV: Favorite Locales UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
ה Part V: For my brother Scott RE-POSTED
Monsters in the Shadows of a Palestinian Plebiscite [TE.Net]
Tears of the Terrorist [TE.Net]
A Hebrew Great Wall of China [TE.Net]
The 21st Century Palestinian [TE.Net, NV Change Journal, and BPCS Blog.]
Mesmerized in the Mitbar Yehudia [Photographs]
Impressions of Latrun in November
An Idea for Jumpstarting a Nonviolent Intifada
Return to Ramallah, Au Revoir Arafat [Photographs]
The Libertarian Manifesto [MySpace.Com]
Statement of Position Regarding Israel
The Curtain is Beginning to Close [Thinking-East.Net and BPCS Blog.]
An American Storm in the Holy Land [Thinking-East.Net]
Kicking it back in Kufr Manda... [Photographs]
To Bethlehem and Back
The Long Awaited Update
Return from Ramallah
On a Voyage to an Untamed Land
Birthright Israel Highlights & Photographs
Why am I alive?
Click on "continue reading" for Updates and Announcements.
Meanwhile, Ben has written an impressive array of articles on a variety of subjects, the most prominent being his three-month sojourn into Kyrgyzstan. I strongly recommend giving these entries a read. For your intellectual relief, he's also provided a volume of background information.
Thinking-East.net announcements
Thinking-East [Preliminary mission statement]
Thinking-East #2 [Second mission statement]
Ben's response to a violent commenter...
PLEASE HELP THE ASIA TSUNAMI SURVIVORS!
Updates and Announcements
Wednesday, March 8th, 2005 16:00 PM (NYC time)
Updates:
[1] Slowly making my way down my to-do list. I am expanding the "Hail and Farewell, Holy Land" entries, and I will be integrating older entries into this new series. As soon as Geocities stops crashing on me, I will finish uploading my months' worth of photographs, write some html indexes, and complete the series.
[2] Ben and I will soon be restructuring our blog.
Announcements:
[1] Starting tomorrow, for the next three months (through June 27th), I shall have part-time employment as a tutor for a special-needs-student here in Yonkers. I'll be available for other part-time occupations, and after June 27th, anything full-time.
[2] Meanwhile, I've had to change my schooling plans a bit. I am reliably informed that I will not be accepted for a research degree by the School of Oriental and African Studies, which I attended back in September-December 2003 (where I met Ben). So, I am now going to apply for a Master's instead. They can't get rid of me that easily. ;)
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2005 10:30 AM (NYC time):
Updates:
Today I am giving a presentation concerning my travels to the Women's Society of the North Yonkers Community Church, then I must run down to Getty Square for a job interview, then pack for my weekend trip to Philadelphia. I shall be in the City of Brotherly Love through this Sunday.
By the end of next week, you can expect in this blog by me:
> completion of the "Hail and Farewell, Holy Land" entries
> Thinking-East.Net news
> commentary regarding the recent events in Israel-Palestine, Egypt and especially Lebanon (can we say, "People Power" boys and girls?)
> a second statement of position regarding Israel
March 01, 2005
Mossad?
We had some some interesting (hilarious) remarks about Thinking-East.Net and this blog in one of Registan.net's comments.
It accused me of being a Mossad agent, ostensibly due to the fact that there is an Israeli flag in the header of this blog. Well, let me just state the obvious: There is, not too far away from it (I would say 10 or 20 pixels to the left) also a Palestinian flag, which I thought should be a good header for the stuff that Christopher Schwartz is writing on this blog. He's spent half a year in a co-operative village run by BOTH Palestinians and Israelis. Well, then, dear commenter, there is also part of a Kyrgyz flag, which shall symbolise my part of this weblog, as I spent two months in Kyrgyzstan last summer.
Your baseless allegations are giving me ever more reason to write to my Central Asian friends asking them to write articles for Thinking-East.Net, to give them space to set the records straight. What you're writing is just - excuse my language - utter bullshit; baseless, intimidating, and ridiculous. I know that you can't be serious about the stuff you write. Please be also aware that I removed two of your most contentious comments from Thinking-East.Net; as they were insulting - and even threatening. Don't resort to things like that. Thinking-East is about exchange, not intimidation.
Ben
Editor
Thinking-East
ben@thinking-east.net
February 27, 2005
Back on
After some lengthy period of inactivity, this weblog is back again. We had to fight a series of spam attacks that were eventually forcing the server to its knees. Well, I am still trying to figure out which spam-blocker I am going to use. Until this issue is resolved, there won't be any commenting on this blog. Unfortunately, in the process of cleaning the database, all prior comments had to be deleted.
Stay tuned for Ben Paarmann's & Christopher Schwartz's Weblog.
June 07, 2004
Welcome aboard
Right. I am no longer the sole editor of this weblog. It is my pleasure to welcome my mate Schwartz aboard - live and direct from Philadelphia in the United States. I am actually quite glad to share the burden of maintaining a weblog passionately read by at least 2 (or 3?) people all over the world (...). A couple of weeks ago, I even got an email from a German conspiracy-theorist-dude encouraging me to keep up the good work. Is that the audience we are looking for? Anyway. All publicity is good publicity.
Schwartz and I will be heading East this year. I am going to Kyrgyzstan and Schwartz is going to get first-hand insights into the Israel-Palestine conflict. So, why not sharing thoughts, impressions and lessons learnt? Keep yourself updated on the voyages of two SOAS-students to the Wild East. Besides all that, Schwartz (or Chris, whatever you prefer) is going to be the 'moral correspondent' of this blog - reflecting on philosophical issues, religious matters, etc. The name - Central Asia Weblog - has to change then, obviously. We'll keep you updated about any further changes. Subscribe to the newsletter for that purpose, too.
Herzlich Willkommen Schwartz. Mitunter wieder in Philadelphia (wo er sich als Pferdekutscher seine Kröten verdient), wird er sich zunächst aus den USA und ab Juli diesen Jahres aus Israel in diesem Blog zu Wort melden. Seine Artikel hier sind hauptsächlich in zwei Kategorien zu verfolgen: Reflections (religiös-Philosophisches) und Oasis of Peace (dem Log über seinen Israel-Aufenthalt in der Oase des Friedens).
May 06, 2004
About this Weblog - Über diesen Weblog
Click link below to to read more about this weblog - Klicken Sie den untenstehenden Link um mehr über diesen Weblog zu erfahren
Legal matters: DISCLAIMER - Rechtliches: HAFTUNGSAUSSCHLUSS
The 'Central Asia Weblog' is my journal on Central Asian issues. It is a bilingual collection of some of my SOAS course work, information on my summer stay in Kyrgyzstan, and random coverage of events linked to the area. Read the DISCLAIMER regarding legal matters. Every article is open to discussion and I enjoy reading and responding to comments.
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Der "Central Asia Weblog" ist mein sich vornehmlich mit Zentralasien befassendes Online-Journal. Es ist eine zweisprachige Sammlung von ausgewählten Arbeiten für meinen SOAS-Kurs und allgemeineren Informationen zu meinem Aufenthalt in Kirgistan diesen Sommer. Außerdem werden gelegentlich (und unregelmäßig) aktuelle Ereignisse besprochen. Bitte lesen Sie den HAFTUNGSAUSSCHLUSS bezüglich rechtlicher Hinweise. Für Anregungen, Diskussionsbeiträge, Lob und Kritik bin ich jederzeit dankbar.
