Stories from 7 September 2005
Vietnam: A Part of the World
Noodlepie translates a few entries in the contest for Vietnamtourism's new slogan, which is on until Sept. 30. One of them: “Vietnam – A Part of the World.”
Singapore: Culture and Exclusion
Mister Wang's interview with local gay poet Cyril Wong leads Xeno Boy to thoughts on creativity from exclusion.
Philippines: Gloria Survives
In Manila, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's comfortable escape from impeachment charges in Congress has provoked much commentary about politicians and popular representation.
Malaysia: Corporate Ladder
Mack Zulkifli of Brand New Malaysian praises his PM for advocating a more innovative business culture, particularly in state-run firms, but recounts his skepticism that much will change among Malaysia's corporate ladder-climbers.
South Korea: Typhoon Names
As typhoon Nabi glides into Busan, The Asia Pages muses on how, since 2000, typhoons have been given local Asian names so that “by having a name people could relate to, death would be avoided.”
China: Beijing Signs, Shanghai Slums
Danwei observes that Olympic Beijing is correcting the public English on its signs, e.g. “Racist Park,” while down in Shanghai, Bingfeng Teahouse thinks his city ought to mimic Beijing another way: by building slums for migrant workers.
Egypt: Sowtona – Our Voice
Sowtona – Our Voice – (English and Arabic) is a new blog for and about Egyptian citizens. A team of journalists interviewed more than 1,000 ordinary Egyptians to find out about their problems. These voices were the basis for a special voter guide about today presidential election.
Bahrain: Missing Condolences
Arab states sent deep condolences and regret to the U.S. administration over the effect of Hurricane Katrina. moodz wonders why none of the Arab Leaders sent a cable of “deep condolences and regret” to Ibrahim AlJafaari (The Prime Minister of Iraq) over the dreadful incident of AlKhademia where the lives...
Jordan: MAD Show Advertising
Clips and views from MAD Show Advertising of Zara Expo in Jabal Amman – Jordan, by Roba.
Israel: Educational System
Ze'ev Orenstein of Israel Perspectives blog writes that the greatest threat being posed to the Jewish State of Israel today are not only “Palestinians”, demography and a nuclear Iran, but the inability of its educational system to produce proud, caring and knowledgeable Jews. Jews. A system where the average Jewish...
Palestine: Land Ownership, 1945
Umkahlil lists Israeli and Palestinian landownership in percentages by subdistrict, 1945 as United Nations map published in August 1950.
