Stories about Photography from July, 2007
Guatemala: In a Culture of Sports, Here are Seven Cultural Blogs
Nearly three percent of Guatemala's annual budget is devoted to sports. The sports section in local newspapers is much larger than the culture section. However, cultural blogs are present in the country letting readers know about great projects, events and activities. Here are seven of these blogs.
Kuwait: Photo Show
PhilQ8, a Filipino who lives in Kuwait, shows off his latest photographs here.
El Salvador: Digital Photo Blog
Miguel Angel Servellón's El Salvador photo blog [ES] has been very popular and has attracted many comments appreciative of his work.
Palestine: Palestinians Celebrate Alan Johnston's Release
From the sad news of a death of a 31-year-old mother waiting to cross into Palestine from the Rafah Crossing to celebrations over the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, Palestinian blogs this week are abuzz with activity. Ayesha Saldanha reports how one Canadian-Palestinian blogger is ashamed to be an Arab and how another expresses her disbelief at how veiled women are being discriminated against in Jordan.
Kuwait: Summer Is Officially Here
Summer has officially started in Kuwait and bloggers are debating where the best places to escape the summer heat are. Is it better to find a safe haven to cool down at home or travel abroad and risk rain and gloom? Read Abdullatif Al Omar's round up of Kuwaiti blogs to find out.
Tanzania: Tanzania blogger sells photo from his blog
A Tanzanian blogger, Sankofa, has sold a photo he posted on his blog from TEDGlobal 2007.
Iran:Cyclists for peace
Thanks to Homeyra,we learn that 14 Iranian cyclists traveled city by city across Italy,Germany,France,Uk and USA to communicate the pacifist message of Iranian people to other nations around the world.You can watch photos here.They arrived to New York a couple of weeks ago.
Russia: “Khodorkovsky's Land”
A few photos from Chita – “Khodorkovsky's Land” – by Oleg Klimov are here. The last one allegedly shows windows of the former billionaire's cell. (The text is in Russian.)
Iran:Remember Jailed Students
Khorshidkhanoum has published the photos of eight jailed student activists from Amir Kabir University.
India: The Taj Mahal
With the race on for the world's new seven wonders, Twilight Fairy has a lovely photo post on the Taj Mahal.
Kuwait: Iranian ATM Machines
Lebanese blogger Mark, who lives in Kuwait, posts a picture of an Iranian using an ATM machine in Iran here.
Ecuador: Quito Photo Blog
Quito Mas [ES] is a photo blog that collects interesting images from around Ecuador's capital city of Quito.
Russia: Irkutsk Photos
Photographer Oleg Klimov images of Irkutsk – here (RUS) and here.
Morocco: The week in photos
From the capital of Rabat to enchanting Marrakesh to the countryside, Jillian York takes us on a photo tour of Morocco through its bloggers.
Brazil: Doors Closed on the Prestes Maia
Tatiana Cardeal snapped a symbolic final picture of a bird flying away from the closed doors of the Prestes Maia, which was a 22-story abandoned building in Sao Paulo that housed nearly 500 families, who have now all been removed.
Oman is Not for Sale
Sleepless in Muscat, from Oman, decries the sale of images of the Gonu disaster saying that Oman is not for sale.
Kuwait is like a Cinema
Kuwaiti bloggers have more than meets the eyes. This week we hear from a Kuwaiti teacher, a film maker and an artist. We also see how one blogger reacted when the electricity was cut at work and why a vital pedestrian crossing between two sections of a mall comes to a standstill at 11pm.
