Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Humor from December 2010

30 December 2010

Lebanon: Stop Honking

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

29 December 2010

Russia: Informal Medvedev Election Trailer Realeased Online

Written by Dmitry Davidov · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

27 December 2010

Russia: How Vladivostok Christmas Tree Craziness Made Me Laugh

Written by Masha Egupova · Eastern & Central Europe

People in Vladivostok never lose their sense of humor. Otherwise one would be in the perpetual state of depression. They laugh about everything from nerve-racking traffic jams and alarming snow...

21 December 2010

India: Life at Thirty

Written by Aparna Ray · Quick Reads · South Asia

17 December 2010

Lebanon: Wikileaks for Children

Written by Moussa Bashir · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

India: The Mystery of the Advertised Armpits

Written by Aparna Ray · Quick Reads · South Asia

15 December 2010

@MedvedevRussia, Are You Listening? A Story of 6 Months on Twitter

Written by Yelena Osipova · Russia

Since first appearing on Twitter in June 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has become one of the most prominent tweeters on Russian Tweet-o-sphere. Yelena Osipova looks back at some of...

14 December 2010

Japan: Fruity Samurai

Written by Scilla Alecci · Quick Reads · East Asia

12 December 2010

China: “the person I most admire has the surname Liu.”

Written by Marta Cooper · Quick Reads · East Asia

11 December 2010

Lebanon: What are people wondering about?

Written by Layal Al Khatib · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

7 December 2010

Russia: Omsk Forum Users Publish Erotic Socio-Political Calendar

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

6 December 2010

Japan: Cartoon Blog

Written by Scilla Alecci · Quick Reads · East Asia

3 December 2010

Russia: Bloggers Mock the Pronounciation of the Russian Sports Ministry

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

1 December 2010

Venezuela: Comics Find Their Place on the Web 2.0

Written by Laura Vidal · Latin America

The comic in Venezuela is one of the genres that is generally underrated and ironically, treasured within the country's culture. In response to this, artists have formed groups to create...