Friday Good Reads (1/14/11)

Photography:-

- Growing Up Palestinian in the Age of the Wall

- MUTE: the Silence of Dogs in Cars

- Contrast and Clarity

- Patricia Lay-Dorsey lives with multiple sclerosis for 20 years before taking the self-portraits that appear in the series, Falling Into Place. Some images from Falling Into Place

- a scary look at a mental hospital. Kamenga mental hospital, Burundi by Ryo Kameyama  ( September 29, 2009) 

- Hubble Space Telescope's Amazing Pics From 2010

- A chilly solstice (and lunar eclipse)

-  For many rural Zimbabweans, cash remains so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows its patients to barter goods like peanuts, chickens and goats for medical care. Bartering for Health

-Beautiful pictures thats shows some of the countries we don't hear a lot about, Mongolia. Gucci in the Land of Genghis Khan

Other :- 

- 10 Largest Foundations in the World

- A very sad story, China: A Cold Winter Night with the Petitioners 

- How to explore the world: Developing a sense of wonder can be its own reward.Cultivating Curiosity 

- How strange is our brain !! . 10 Amazing Things People's Brains Have Done

- A short interview with Tariq Ramadan. Epiphanies from Tariq Ramadan