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Adjust your calendars, it's not 2007.

The Ethiopian Calendar, boasting 13 months of ‘Sunshine’, runs a little slower than it’s Gregorian counterpart. Accordingly, Ethiopians will be celebrating their Millennium year on September 10, 2007. The Ethiopian new year begins on September 11 [...]

More 'acceptable' censorship – internet in the Middle East

On the topic of censorship, did you know that many countries in the Middle East regulate public and private ISPs by maintaining a ‘black list’ of certain websites to be blocked from public access? Online marketers [...]

Clever Wonderbra Ad targets Middle-East censorship

I saw this ad a few months ago on AdBlogArabia. For those of you who are not familiar with censorship in the Middle East, many countries in the region usually take a black marker and censor [...]

How to lose your shirt in China

A January 2007 article on Maclean’s Magazine discussed the folly of Canadian businesses trying to work with China. I found the article extremely amusing, as I (through my company: Midman International) have recently sourced some products [...]

Starbucks strikes Ethiopia deal

I have been following this situation since Ethiopia first announced their intentions to trademark their coffee beans and, together with Oxfam, lobby Starbucks to pay more for their Ethiopian supply of Coffee beans. The new rates [...]

Cadbury Bombs

My earliest recollection of the London Underground comes from childhood visits to the fog capital of the world. I distinctly remember following my parents in a labyrinth of narrow underground pathways as they rushed to catch [...]

Big City, Narrow Minds – Yemen's Battle of the Sexes

Can the philosophy of segregation survive our fast changing times? Sanaa, Yemen’s beautiful capital city, is realizing the alarming introduction and popularity of mixed-gender coffee shops and smoke (sheesha) parlors. Women and men share the same [...]

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