Global Voices Online

Thanks to Akhbari, an Iranian blogger, we can discover Tehran's metro in photos.

Kuwaiti Fernas links to an archive of photographs of a British family who lived in Kuwait in the 60s and 70s.

Shahnaz at Dhaka Dweller posts pictures of Durga Puja, an annual Bengali festival that celebrates worship of Hindu goddess Durga. She also describes the festivities covering ten days.

Several Iranian bloggers such as Karaa reported [fa] about Iranian actress,Golshifte Farahani's interview for her new film, Ridley Scott's “Body of Lies” in New York. Watch her photos here. Many were surprised that she had no veil.

Imad Moustapha, Syria's envoy to the US, posts pictures of two of his favourite paintings by Syrian artists.

Have a look at Sinsoku VIP [神速VIP] for an amazing list of photos that evoke the senses [ja].

id:heimin posts pictures he's taken with his keitai [mobile phone] camera over the last year [ja], including: shots before and after he shaved his head, close-ups of cutting nostril hair, snapshots of meals he's eaten, cats and dogs, the Hanshin Tigers, manga and ice cream. The popularity of Keitai Shosetsu [short story] award-winner “Atashi no Kanojo” spurred the blogger to start the “Japan Keitai Photo Awards”, which he hopes to win himself. Prize money is 2 million yen, but be warned: the blogger hasn't paid his last month's rent yet and only has 10,000 yen in his pocket.

mojix at Zope Junky Nikki writes [ja] about Heiankyo Alien [平安京エイリアン], a video game developed by the University of Tokyo's Theoretical Science Group in 1979. mojix explains that the game, which consists of dropping aliens into holes in Heian-kyo (ancient Kyoto), can now be downloaded and played without even installing it. “In the old days, machine's were not so complicated, and games succeeded or failed on the strength of their ideas,” mojix writes. “I guess that's why there were so many great games back then.”

Space Journal has pictures of an ongoing street exhibition in Jiyūgaoka (Tokyo) held today and tomorrow (Oct. 4-5), designed by architecture group g86 [ja]. The show, located on Shirakaba street next to Jiyūgaoka station, is a “virtual exhibition” featuring QR codes as a “window” to various works by artists and information about local stores.