Stories about Health from May, 2007
Kuwait: Dangerous Drivers
“Every day when you get in behind the steering wheel in your car, you risk your life! I have never in my WHOLE ENTIRE life seen anything as bad as the driving in Kuwait!! I have discussed this issue over and over and over again, yet I cannot find out...
Libya: Dangerous Eyeliners
“Most Libyan women don't feel complete unless their eyes are lined in dark black kohl. It makes them look beautiful and exotic – their dark eyes shining and the whites of their eyes appearing even more so with the effect of the kohl. But these products are really dangerous! Most...
Korea: AIDS and single mothers in Korea and the power of soap operas
AIDS and single mothers are not easy topics in Korean society. Single mothers mean sex before the marriage and are not moral. AIDS is regarded as the result of dangerous and inappropriate sex relations. These prejudices generate social taboos. And a brave Korean soap opera, “Thanks,” has taken on these...
Palestine: Disabled Children on the Street
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah reports the destruction of a centre for disabled children by the Israeli forces. “Where on earth would you expect to see a military forces going out at 5:30 AM to throw out ‘handicapped children’ to the cold streets after snatching the kids out of their beds?...
Bahrain: Suicide Pledge
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif bursts out laughing after reading that a girl who attempted to commit suicide was taken to the police station and made to sign a pledge never to commit suicide again.
India: Unani Medicine
Mumbai Magic goes for a walk in the bazaar and chances upon stores selling Unani medicine. “So how did Unani come to Bhendi Bazaar, a Muslim locality of Mumbai? The Mongols, that's how! When the Mongols invaded Persia and Central Asia, many scholars and physicians of Unani fled to India,...
Saudi Arabia: The Death of a Prince, Water Shortages and Making a Splash
Saudi-American blogger Rasheed Abou-Alsamh sums up a few developments in Saudi this week. They include the death of a Saudi prince, water shortages in Jeddah and criticism of a BBC report on the status of women in the Kingdom. “Finally, I'd like to nominate the BBC's Rachel Reid for writing...
Ukraine: Another Chernobyl Employee
Michael Forster Rothbart posts photos of another Ukrainian man whose health was affected by Chernobyl.
Barbados: World Obesity Ranking
“According to Forbes Barbados weighs in at #12 in the world obesity ranking and at #2 in the Caribbean,” writes What crazy looks like as she embarks on her own health and fitness regime.
Morocco: Backstreet Viagara
Moroccan blogger Samir takes us to the bazaar in Fez, where you can buy a traditional composition of the impotence drug Viagara over the counter. Don't miss the exciting photographs Samir has in store for you. “Now, you probably think that Viagra is not a usual item on a tourist's...
Panama: Counterfeit Glycerin Leads to Deaths
IT Buda [ES] links to a recent New York Times article about the substitution of “El Guayacolato” in commonly-found medicines, which led to the deaths of close to 400 Panamanians. The Panama Investor Blog writes that earlier many were concerned that these deaths were caused by a rare virus, but...
Morocco: Linguistics, Music Videos, and the Merits of Hymenorrhaphy
This week, the English-language Moroccan blogosphere discusses diverse issues such as hymen reconstructive surgery and Arabic music videos. Jillian York summarizes this week's posts.
Arabeyes: Muslim Evangelists; Somali Poets; Death on Amman's Roads and More
Today's round up of Arabic language blogs takes us to the United Arab Emirates, where a Muslim blogger gets an email from Africa urging him to embrace Islam and then to Somalia, where we get to learn a bit about Somalian poets. We also make stops in Jordan, where the...
Guyana: Mosquito Wars
“Paint me with citronella oil and call me Warrior-Gyal. I going on a hunt!” declares Guyana-Gyal as she and “black flocks” of mosquitoes face off.
China: Fake Medicine
As a result of globalization, the problem of fake medicine has spread over the world, especially among the third world countries. Xueyong comments (zh) on the related report in New York Times.
India: HIV/AIDS awareness in Pune
Deep Griha – an NGO that works in Pune slums blogs about their attempt to increase HIV/ AIDS awareness. “What will bring a housewife onto the streets for something related to AIDS – the seemingly tabooed disease? What will make office-going men and women of corporate India sacrifice their Sundays...
Ukraine: More on Adoption
MoldovAnn writes more on some differences between the Ukrainian and American attitude to adoption.
Ukraine: Chernobyl Employee
Michael Forster Rothbart photographs a man who spent 24 years working at Chernobyl nuclear power plant (nine of them, after 1986).
Ukraine: Full Moon
Abdymok, during his early-morning run, talks religion and politics with “a longhaired bearded man missing most of his left front tooth.”
Bulgaria, Libya, France: Appeals to Politicians
Last week, the families of the Bulgarian nurses met with Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, Declan Butler reports.
Guyana: HIV/AIDS Cheerleaders?
“Are you between the ages of 14 and 17? Would you like to be a CHEERLEADER for HIV/AIDS Messages?” An odd newspaper ad gets Guyana-Gyal thinking.
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