Stories about North America from November, 2007
Caucasus: LGBT Conference
Unzipped: Gay Armenia has an exclusive interview with Christopher Atamian, President of the Armenian Gay & Lesbian Association of New York on the situation of the LGBT community in Armenia. The interview also details plans to hold a conference on LGBT rights in the Caucasus in the very near future.
Environment: Bloggers on Energy, and The Zero Africa Rally
Several bloggers deftly tackled energy issues, from nuclear energy, ideas of ‘plug and play power’, China's ‘Clean Ambitions’ and Green data centers. Be it South Africa, China or America, the energy question has got bloggers thinking of solutions. Ian Gilfillan asks “Why is anybody still considering nuclear?”. He looks at...
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, Ukraine: Oil and Oil Spill
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the recent disaster in the Kerch Strait and the “ecological costs” of Russia's “dependency on oil exports.”
China: Spicy Crayfish
Hegel Chong wrote the migration of Crayfish from Louisiana to Japan and then China (zh). Now it has become the most famous street food in major cities: spicy crayfish.
Palestine: US Schools Bans Palestinian Dance
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah explains why he is enraged that a Palestinian Folkloric band's performance has been cancelled at an American school.
Russia: Books on “The New Cold War”
The Economist‘s Edward Lucas seeks help in promoting his new book, due to be published in February 2008 – The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Russia and the West (not to be confused with Mark MacKinnon‘s The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections, and Pipeline Politics in the...
Azerbaijan: Halloween Bayram!
More Peace Corps Volunteers post an account of preparing for Halloween and introducing the event to schoolchildren in Azerbaijan. This time, albeit belatedly, is the turn of Carolyn & Jesse's Azerbaijan Peace Corps Blog.
Brazil: The Internet Governance Forum and the USA dominance
Gizmodo on the Internet Governance Forum 2007 that takes place in Rio de Janeiro, from 12 through 15 November. The international meeting is meant to cover topics including spam, free speech and cheaper access to the Internet. “However, it seems that American dominance in the governing of the Internet is...
Algeria: Fouad Ajami as Undersecretary
Algerian blogger Nouri argues why he doesn't think Lebanese born academician Fouad Ajami should not be an undersecretary in the US cabinet.
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.
The Balkans: Centre for Peace in the Balkans
Srebrenica Genocide Blog dissects the Canada-based Centre for Peace in the Balkans.
Georgia: Troubled Times
Cuttino's Site reports that the situation outside the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, is calm and that “in general, it feels like a normal day.” However, Peace Corps Volunteers have been instructed to “be ready in the event of an emergency.”
Georgia: Bad News for Freedom
The Washington Realist draws comparisons between events in Tbilisi with Pakistan and Russia. The blog concludes that it will be interesting to discover U.S. reaction to what is happening in Georgia as opposed to other countries.
Ukraine, Canada: Robert Magosci
Taras Kuzio writes about a Canadian-Ukrainian historian Robert Magocsi: “Professor Magocsi pioneered the integration of Ukrainian history into the European mainstream by presenting history as an inclusive, territorial concept. As with British history that incorporates Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans, and others so Ukrainian history, Professor Magocsi believes, should focus primarily...
Iran:Interview with an Iranian-Japanese-American filmmaker
Pars Arts has published an interview with Maryam Kashani,an Iranian-Japanese-American filmmaker.Her first documentary feature, Best in the West was released in 2006 and has been screening at festivals. The film tells the story of Kashani’s father and his Iranian friends who all ended up in San Francisco.
Bahrain: If You're Arab And We Know It…
Bahrain's bloggers are facing hard times this week, with two being denied entry to Kuwait, another subjected to racial profiling in Japan, and a fourth traumatised by a change in Dairy Queen's menu...
Malawi: Fairer cyberwaves, female journalist bloggers
A recent phenomenon in the Malawi blogosphere has been the growing presence of women journalists setting up blogs. Not too long ago a search on Blogger.com for Malawian blogs turned up virtually no women bloggers from Malawi. That has since changed. In this write-up we follow four Malawian women journalists...
Azerbaijan: Halloween
Veemo in the Azerbaijan, a Peace Corps blog, reports on this year's Peace Corps Volunteers Halloween party. The blogger says that it was a perfect opportunity to introduce local Azerbaijanis to American culture, updates readers on teaching English in the former Soviet republic, and says that despite the recent failed...
China: Yahoo Apologizes on Shi Tao Case
Andrew Lih has an update about Yahoo!'s apology on Shi Tao's case.
Japan: Hatoyama Kunio once an American spy
Rumor has it that Japanese Justice Minister Hatoyama Kunio made another slip-up after his recent admission that his friend's friend is an al-Qaeda member. In Japanese blogs, web news sites, and forums [Ja], people are now reporting that on Oct. 31st he declared that he once worked for the Pentagon...
