Ukraine: Music, Language, History

A discussion of Ukrainian music, language and history - at Vasyl's uaMuzik.
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Azerbaijan: Shop Baku

Visiting Azerbaijan? A new blog, Shop Baku, offers helpful tips for foreigners in the country including a helpful list of food names in Azerbaijani and English as well as a cheat sheet for buying produce from markets and shops.
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Specialized MBA Programs: Here We Go Again?

A recent BusinessWeek article explored the recent growth of specialized MBA programs, especially as a way for lesser-known schools to stand out from the pack. But are they always a good choice for business school students?

“Not necessarily,” writes Fancesca Levy for BusinessWeek. “While established programs have placement records on par with those of their general MBAs, many… (more…)

Saudi Arabia: What is the point of MBC Persia?

MBC is a Saudi-run satellite television company, known across the Arab world for its entertainment channels as well as Al Arabiya news channel. It has just launched a new channel called MBC Persia, on which films are subtitled in Farsi. Saudi blogger Mohammed Abdullah Al Shahri wonders whether this initiative is really what is needed. (more…)