Stories about Ethnicity & Race from November, 2006
Pakistan: Clash of the fundamentalists
iFaqeer on a Muslim in the Congress in the US. “Keith Ellison, we non-African American Muslims have seen the victory the victory of a brother (with a pun intended) as our victory. It is wonderful, joyful, and so on.”
The Moroccan beauty shines in France while more Moroccan bloggers “call it quit”!
It's alarming. More and more Moroccan bloggers are taking vacation from blogging! And while A Moroccan haute couture stylist displays proudly his identity by transforming a Caftan into an elegant Moroccan flag, other Moroccans questioned their belonging to a country they say is harassing their religious belief. The patriotic Caftan...
Russia: Kosovo Independence
Publius Pundit writes about Russia's stand on the issue of Kosovo independence.
Armenia: More Swastikas
Onnik Krikorian reports more swastika graffiti in Yerevan while Thomas Seropian has photos.
Romania: Language-Free Enclave
Andy H of Csikszereda Musings posts a language distribution map of Romania, which shows that he lives in an enclave where Romanian isn't the dominant language.
Estonia: Statues and the Identity Crisis
Itching for Eestimaa writes about the identity crisis of the Baltic Russians.
Japan: police can't marry non-Japanese?
Debito repasted another blog post from a German girl who has a Japanese policeman boyfriend: Policemen in Japan have to report their girlfriends when they become serious about their partnership. So my boyfreind reported me. After that we really had a lot of problems, because his organisation said that he...
Sri Lanka: The Army and the massacre
Transcurrents.com on the escalating conflict in Sri Lanka. “The coastal village of Kathiraweli in the Eastern district of Batticaloa was the scene of Sri Lanka’s latest massacre of innocents in its on going ethnic conflict.”
Serbia: Kosovo's Past and Future
Russia Blog posts on the recent panel discussion on Kosovo at Columbia University.
Serbia: Issues to Resolve
Neretva River posts a list of “issues that need to be resolved for [Serbia's EU] accession process to move forward.” Wu Wei hopes Europe would not ignore the fact that during the recent referendum on Serbia's new constitution “Kosovars were not invited to vote unless they were Serbs, who were...
Trinidad & Tobago: What happened in Felicity
The Manicou tries to get to the bottom of the shooting murder of a young man in a community in central Trinidad and the subsequent rioting by members of the community demanding justice, but hopes the rioting ” is not indicative of where we are as a society to where...
Russia: Covering the “Russian March”
The “Russian March” rally by the Leo Tolstoy monument at Devichye Polye in Moscow. (Photo by LJ user hegtor, taken from the staircase of a 16-storied apartment building nearby. More of hegtor‘s Nov. 4 photos are here, here, and here.) A few thousand ultranationalists rallied at Devichye Polye in Moscow...
Bangladesh: Minorities and attitudes
Rezwan reflects on being a member of a minority and the attitudes towards minorities in South Asia. “Or is this how minorities think? Is it an inferiority complex? Why do majorities have to always keep in mind that minorities can be sensitive. Minorities can be tyrants also.”
Lebanon: Sweet and Sour
Iraq, Palestine, Israel, and an alternative drink to the regular carbonated soda were topics discussed in the Lebanese blogs this week. The reconvening of the internal political discussion among rival Lebanese politicians in the form of “the consultations” was also the focus of many blogs. Before embarking on the tiresome...
Africa: gospel according to Botha and Mugabe
Gospel according to Botha and Bob.
Russia: National Unity Day
Sean's Russia Blog writes about “unity and disunity on National Unity Day” in Russia.
Serbia: “Countries Rush to Include Kosovo in Their Constitutions”
South East Europe Online posts a hilarious, Onion-style piece on Kosovo: “After Serbia included Kosovo in its constitution, other countries from the region have declared their intentions to do the same. They point out that they are doing this in line with their good neighborly relations policies. The governments of...
Former Yugoslavia: Can video play a part in truth, justice and reconciliation?
It fell to the controversial figure of Carla del Ponte, prosecutor at the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague, to lament the slow progress of justice in the Former Yugoslavia in a lecture she delivered last week. del Ponte picked out Serbia as a country “removed from the European...
Moroccan bloggers gain in popularity and reduce the predominance of French blogs
I went to Morocco for a long vacation. Once back to my home sweet home, I had to deal with my son's adenoids which caused me to stay away of my weekly roundup. Thank God, everything is just fine now. So here I am, back to my favorite hobby of...
Africa: A low IQ and poverty
Naija blog on the claim by an evolutionary psychologist from the London School of Economics that Africans are poor because of a low IQ.
The Week That Was in Bahrain
Freedom of expression in Bahrain received yet another slap in the face this week with a government ban on what is the kingdom's most famous blog. The Ministry of Information issued a gag order, blocking Mahmood Al Yousif’s blog, among a handful of other sites for breaking publication laws. The...
