[1]Middle East:
Chan'ad Bahraini is sad [1] about Bahrain's wilting environment. Photo: dead date palms.
Mahmood wonders [2] if recent international media attention will shame the Bahraini government from stifling free speech on the internet.
Linda asks [3] why offices depicted in Arabic soap operas rarely seem to have computers in them.
Mohammed at “From Cairo With Love” describes voting [4] in today'sreferendum [5]on multi-candidate presidential elections, despite calls for a boycott.
Tom at “Shisha and Shawerma” is cynical [6] about the whole thing.
Alaa describes [7]being attacked and having his laptop stolen while attending a protest with his mother.
Ali at “A free Iraqi” continues his argument [8] with Spirit of America [9].
IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS:
Free Thoughts on Iran has some sarcastic advice [10] for Iran's “management.” [11]
Hossein Derakhshan (Hoder) discusses the debate raging in the Iranian blogosphere [12] over whether reformist candidate Mostafa Moeen [13] should agree to run now that the Guardian Council has reinstated his candidacy, after first rejecting him.
Mr. Behi also has much to say [14].
East Asia:
ESWN posts about Chinese online citizen-journalism [15], blog plagiarism [16] in Hong Kong, and virgins accused of being prostitutes [17].
Bingfeng has some Chinese “doggerel” jokes [18].
STAR WARS ALERT: “Musing under the tenement Palm” watched Revenge of the Sith in Urumqi and has some observations [19] about the way it was dubbed into Chinese. (Don't forget to participate in the Globalvoices del.icio.us Starwars tagfest [20]!)
South Asia:
Vantage Point discusses micro-libertarianism [21], a subject that came up at a recent bloggers’ meeting.
Europe:
Fistful of Euros reacts [22] to the latest Madrid car bombing.
Barcepundit has more [23].
Finland for Thought reports on the Finnish Toilet Paper Crisis [24].
Eurasia:
Kaukasus found [25] a book and website about all the many forgotten peoples of the Russian empire.
Latin America:
Thanks to Victor for pointing out NotiCuba [26], written by Elsy Fors, a journalist blogging from Havana. The tone of recent posts is generally supportive of the regime.
Gringo Unleashed translates [27] a Spanish-language report about Al Qaeda in Central America.
Publius Pundit rounds up blog coverage [28] of the crisis in Bolivia [29].
MABB discusses President Mesa's gamble with pacifism [30] in Bolivia.
Africa:
Chippala reacts [31] to American predictions of Nigeria's collapse.
MORE STAR WARS: Commentary.co.za compares [32] the Republic in Star Wars to the U.N.