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Postmodern President and Real Life Hero

Posted on 31 March 202227 May 2022 by Annie

Most of you are probably familiar by now with the unusual career of Ukraine’s current president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Many streaming services and TV channels recently took on his immensely popular satirical comedy series “Servant of the People” (“Sluha Narodu” / “Sluga Naroda”). It feels like more than just a funny relic from his past, it…

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Listening to Ukraine

Posted on 22 March 202227 May 2022 by Annie

With open ears I’m listening through all kinds of music from Ukraine and exploring its musical history. In doing so, I curate a Spotify playlist with my favorite discoveries. This playlist follows only two rules: I include artists from or strongly connected with Ukraine and I include a maximum of two songs by the same…

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Listening to Egypt

Posted on 11 March 20214 September 2022 by Annie

Cats were important to ancient Egyptian culture. There’s a huge number of cat-shaped decorations and even cat mummies that were found during expeditions and excavations. Many deities were depicted as cats, cats were thought to protect the Pharaohs, not least because they killed venomous snakes. I wish I had a cat (and I can’t even…

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Helwa Ya Baladi

Posted on 3 March 20213 September 2022 by Annie

Sweet Country of Mine, “Helwa Ya Baladi”, is Dalida’s 1979 homage to her birthplace, Egypt, sung in arabic. This is the original 7 inch single, which I was extremely lucky to get my hands on at a fleamarket some years ago. Yes, you guessed it, I’m a huge Dalida fan, and I’ve stalked her stomping…

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I Miss Everything

Posted on 22 January 20213 September 2022 by Annie

What had been a source of comfort the past few months, has really brought me down this week. Instead of feasting on the many wonderful memories from past trips, looking through the photos from my trip to Istanbul in 2010 made my heart heavy. I wanted to doodle something on one of those photos, but…

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Annie Mondegreen

I'm Annie Mondegreen and I'm reading around the world in 18 detective novels (because 80 seemed impossible to conquer and 8 definitely not enough). While doing so, I'm also virtually traveling to the respective countries. Will you join me? [read on]

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Egypt — Finland — India — Japan — Portugal — Russia — Switzerland — Turkey — Ukraine

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