Stories about Youth from April, 2007
Iran:Reflections on Virginia Tech
Kamangir reports that Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, one of the topmost Shia clerics in Iran, gave his analysis of the Virginia Tech massacre:”The incident in Virginia Tech is a sign of deviation from faith in God, logic, and human emotions. There is a lesson in this event for everyone in...
Iran:Virginia shooting in Iranian Blogestan
Haji Washington[Fa] says if a Korean student had killed people in a European university as this stupid guy did in Virginia Tech, a wave of hatred would create serious problems for South Asian people.The blogger says it did not happen, after this shooting, in USA. He asks if the killer...
China: Reactions to the Virginia Tech slayings
While most Chinese shared the horror and grief following the slayings at Virginia Tech, one prominent blogger asks why so little attention was paid to two similar tragedies which also took place this week in China.
Philippines: Schools Responsibility Too
Touched by an Angel feels that the school should have informed the parents of the Virginia Tech shooting suspect as soon as they had come across disturbing material in his creative writing assignment. “My personal view on the matter is that the school should inform the parents if they see...
Indian Bloggers on Virginia Tech: Stunned, sad and a million questions
The tragedy at Virginia Tech has shocked people around the world. SAJA Forum says “Bloody Monday will darken and bruise Virginia Tech forever, and at this point in time, early in the development of the story of the horrific massacre that consumed the lives of 33 people, there is only...
Trinidad & Tobago: Anamunthodo Freed
Anita Anamunthodo, mother of four-year-old Amy who was raped and beaten to death in Trinidad last year, was yesterday freed on six charges of willful neglect and child abandonment. Francomenz notices parallels between what happened in that case and journalist BC Pires’ diagnosis of a general West Indian malaise.
China: Community embraces orphan
Late last month, a husband-wife migrant laborer couple from China's poverty-stricken Henan province working in Beijing killed themselves, leaving two teenage children to fend for themselves. Last week, Beijing-based Sohu blogger Li Yuanyuan took her camera and went to the younger child's school to see how the community has reacted.
Jamaica: Elegy for Virginia Tech
“What happened…goes beyond what the mind can fathom, the heart can bear, the soul can possess”: Jamaican Geoffrey Philp posts an Elegy for Virginia Tech.
Guyana: Parent-Child Relationship
“Everyday, in between silly mother-daughter struggles, we insist on taking care of one another…sometimes we appreciate, sometimes resent because it feel so over-protective; other times, we take it for granted.” Guyana-Gyal examines the parent-child relationship.
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Baby Sales
At The Golden Road to Samarqand, Amira discusses recent reports of the sale of babies from hospital's in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. Amira, who spent a lot of time visiting a Kyrgyz baby house (orphanage for babies) when she lived in Bishkek, says that she is glad that Kyrgyzstan is open...
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Baby Sales
At The Golden Road to Samarqand, Amira discusses recent reports of the sale of babies from hospital's in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. Amira, who spent a lot of time visiting a Kyrgyz baby house (orphanage for babies) when she lived in Bishkek, says that she is glad that Kyrgyzstan is open...
India: The Abusers
sthreeling on dealing with abusers. “However, sexual abuse doesn’t require genital gymnastics. In fact, it does not even require for a child to be touched physically. Rape is only one form of abuse. What about child pornography on the internet? What about voyeurism (where the abuser gets sexual pleasure out...
China: New Slang
Joel Martinsen from Danwei translated two articles (one from YWeekend and another from Wu Fei's blog) discussing about new slang in China, the latter was worried about the impact of hooliganish language on the society.
Turkey: Comparable Tragedies
Turkey and My Foreign Perspectives compares two recent school-related tragedies: the killing of 30 at Virginia-Tech University and the death of 33 elementary school students in a bus accident in Izmir. “Here in Turkey, this bus accident is the one of the worst in its history and one that citizens...
Palestine: Israel Torturing Child Prisoners
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah links to an article which claims that Israel is torturing Palestinian child prisoners.
This week on Myanmar Blogosphere: Myanmar Thingyan 2007
April has always been the most exciting month for Burmese as it is the month to celebrate Thingyan - water festival. It is also a New Year in Myanmar calendar. Burmese around the world celebrate Thingyan with various type of seasonal food, music and lots of water. Over at Myanmar blogosphere, the bloggers are also celebrating Thingyan in their own style.
Egypt: Still in Prison after 125 Release Orders
Egypt-based blogger Tim Seah reports on five prisoners who have been behind bars for a decade and who are yet to be freed despite 125 release orders. “Security forces arrested five kids, some of them as young as 15, from the al-Sharqiyya governorate in the Nile Delta on suspicion of...
Russia: Cheburashka
Sean's Russia Blog writes about Cheburashka's misadventures in the capitalist world.
Ukraine: “Hi, Mom!”
Abdymok.net posts a note about Ukraine's young protesters – and their leaders.
Vietnam: Working in Vietnam
azngamerboi publishes an interview in which he recounts his move from Philippines to Vietnam and talks about the opportunities in Vietnam for expats.
Tajikistan: Reform & Alienation
Beyond the River says that recent cultural reforms the president of Tajikistan has implemented stand to alienate youth.
