Stories about Ethnicity & Race from November, 2007
Russia: Muslim Neighborhoods in Moscow
Window on Eurasia writes about Moscow's Muslim “enclaves.”
Hungary: Open Letter to Slovakia
Pestcentric writes an open letter to Slovakia: “Last year you even had garage bands calling for the destruction of Hungary. This is just not good. It seems that being in...
Europe: Gastarbeiter
Romanians aren't too welcome in Italy, Poles aren't too welcome in Britain. Pestcentric reviews the situation with migrant laborers from the EU's new member states.
Russia: Tatarstan Warns Against Karabakh Independence
Window on Eurasia writes: “By recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Osetia or Transdniestria as independent, as many in Moscow are now urging, the Russian government would undermine the territorial integrity of...
India: Anti-Sikh Riots, Politics and 1984
Law and Other Things on the Anti-Sikh riots in 1984, which followed the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Serbia: “Political Analysts” on (Anti-)Fascism
Anegdote writes about Serbian “political analysts” and some of their views on fascism and anti-fascism.
Cuba, U.S.A.: Cuban-American
Babalu Blog posts a poem by Marielena Jané-Prats about what it means to be a Cuban-American.
Russia: North Caucasus Situation
A Russian general with “a reputation for brutality in Moscow’s Chechen campaigns” warns that “the security situation across the Northern Caucasus is deteriorating rapidly,” Window on Eurasia reports.
Russia: Moscow City and Its ‘Gastarbeiter’ (Photos)
Charles Ganske of Russia Blog goes up to the 35th floor of the Federation Tower and takes pictures of the Moscow City, “the largest construction project in Europe.” LJ user...
Russia: “How Fascists and Racists ‘Get’ Web2.0″
Evgeny Morozov writes about “the ugly face of cyberactivism in Russia,” using one of the top-ranking posts in the Russian blogosphere “to highlight how much user-generated racism is out there.”
Ukraine: The Telnyuk Sisters
Ukrainian Musical Matters writes about the Telnyuk Sisters – aka “dissidents of show-business” and “banished princesses” of the Ukrainian music scene.
Israel: Arab Citizens of Israel Oppose National Service
The complex social struggle of Israeli-Arabs comes to life in this translation of Hebrew blogs by Gilad Lotan. Should Israeli-Arabs be exempt from the compulsory military service or will engaging in national service compromise their stance?
Japan: Fingerprints, mugshot, welcome to Japan
Despite protests from human rights organizations and the foreign community, new immigration procedures, which require all non-Japanese citizens over 16 years of age to be fingerprinted and photographed when entering...
Turkey: Anti-Armenian Music Video
Unzipped reports that musicians in Turkey are currently on trial for uploading a music clip to YouTube glorifying the murder in Istanbul earlier this year of ethnic Armenian newspaper editor...
Israel: Rumsfeld Correct on Lazy Arabs
Israeli blogger Aussie Dave shares his views with Rumsfeld on how lazy oil rich Gulf Arabs are.
Egypt: Nothing Moves People As Much As Religion
The late Naguib Mahfouz once said: "If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion." It continues to move the social and political mechanics of the people, the future of Egyptian politics and the consciousness of our nation's bloggers alike. These are the current issues of Egypt illustrated through their words.
Ukraine: 1,000 Riot Police vs 50 Crimean Tatars
Ukrainiana critiques TV coverage of the recent clash between nearly a thousand of Ukrainian riot police and 50 Crimean Tatars at Mount Ay-Petri in Crimea – and asks some questions:...
Russia, Ukraine: Language Issues
Window on Eurasia writes about the “language issue” – in Russia's Komi Republic, in Ukraine, and in Moscow.
Lebanon: Phoenician DNA
“It’s possible now to test yourself if you are descended from the the ancient mariners: the Phoenicians, or simply migrated from another part of the world,” writes Lebanos.
Russia: Stalin and the Kurds
Window on Eurasia writes about “the tangled history of Moscow’s involvement with the Kurds during World War II and in the last years of Stalin’s reign.”
Ukraine: Trouble in Crimea
Window on Eurasia writes about the growing anti-Crimean Tatar sentiment in Crimea: “…the two incidents this last week suggest that tension in the Crimea are almost certainly going to increase....
