Stories about Education from August, 2007
Egypt: Academics Should Report to Security
Egyptian blogger Eman discovers how academics in her country needs university security approval to take part in conferences and exchange programmes abroad.
Africa: Beautiful Africa Blog Carnival
The third edition of Beautiful Africa Blog Carnival: “Just wanted to let you know that the next edition of Beautiful Africa is due in a week. Time to read through...
Jamaica: Home Grown
“Much better, (and cheaper) I think, is to let the child stay and then apply as a full-fledged Caribbean product, rather than one that is a culture shocked creature, being...
Morocco: Is Co-Education Better?
Is co-education better than girls-only and boys-only schools? Moroccan blogger Mohammed Saeed Hjiouij shares with us his insight in this post I am translating from Arabic.
Bahamas: “Mother” Pratt
Guest authoring at WeblogBahamas.com, Oswald Brown tells the inspiring story of Cynthia “Mother” Pratt, adding: “the final chapter has not yet been written.”
Iran:Kids and Drugs
Jomhour has published a film where a kid consumes drugs and gets encouraged by an adult.The blogger says[Fa] this kid at this age is not responsible for his acts and...
Japan: 62 Years Later, Still Remembering
Sixty-two years have passed since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the close of World War Two. While people with first-hand experience of the bombing are disappearing, many people are fighting to keep their stories alive. Translations featured in this post include bloggers describing stories of the bombing, first-hand accounts of victims, a comparison of the way the history of events is taught in Japan and in the U.S., and thoughts about the relevance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the world of today.
Slovenia: Misplaced, Again
The Glory of Carniola writes about a German textbook featuring two really, really bad maps of Europe.
Syria: Lebanese Border and Toilet Etiquette
Yazan Badran takes us on a tour of Syrian blogs where bloggers are discussing the worsening of conditions of Syrian workers and families at the Lebanese-Syrian border, calls for the return of the Golan Heights occupied by Israel to Syria, the Czech machine gun and toilet etiquette.
Oman: Education a “Waste of Time”
Omani bloggers vent out their frustration at this year's end of school results. Also, one blogger discusses Global Warming, while another posts a picture of a 'weird' accident.
Iran:Six students are out of jail
According to [Fa]Varesh,several student activists are out of jail now.The blogger reminds us that there are still,at least, two student activists in jail.
Bulgaria: Corrupted, But Not Toxic
The Balkan Yankee argues with a reader on what Bulgaria is and what it isn't.
Jamaica: 45 Years Later…
Jamaica has just celebrated 45 years of independence. Dennis Jones reflects on the nation's progress.
China: Library Project
Dawei from China Dreamblogue has given us an update on the library project. The latest development is building a partnership with Aston English School.
Japan: The Seikaryo Dormitory
Roy Berman at Mutant Frog Travelogue writes about Seikaryo, a Chinese student dormitory located in Tokyo constructed in 1927 by an organization belonging to the Japanese colonial Governor General in...
Iran:Tortured students
Khorshidkhanoum[Fa] has given a link to an article that explains how three student activists have been tortured in prison.Thier families say Majid Tavakoli,Ahmad Ghasaban and Ehsan Mansouri, have been beaten...
China: Recommended M.Phil Entry
Peking University (Beida) has recently increased the quota of recommended M.Phil entry, Xueyong suggested in his blog that the recommendation system has to be back up by education reform, including...
Egypt: Cairo University among the World's Top 500
Zeinobia from Egypt reports that Cairo University was the only Arab university among the world's top 500 institutes of higher education.
Russia: Ethnic and Religious Miscellanea
Window on Eurasia reports on the following subjects: Russia's Muslims’ support for Kosovo independence; Chechen youth choosing to study at Chechen universities; the Chuvash discovery of America and other myths...
Russia: “Sex For the Motherland”
Edward Lucas posts his Daily Mail piece on the summer camp of the pro-Putin youth movement Nashi – and receives 62 comments. The title of the piece: “Sex for the...
China: $100 laptops made here, just not sold
The US $100 laptops are being made in China, writes Shanghaiist‘s Mathew Seigal, and two hundred million people in this country earn less than one US dollar a day, so...
