Stories from 17 November 2005
Malaysia, Singapore: Fifteen Minutes
Overloaded by the hype and attention loaded on Singapore blogger-beauty Dawn Yang, Malaysia's Kenny Sia, following others, inquires whether she had a little something done to her eyes. Last week, Xialanxue wrote an open letter asking her to clarify whether she had plastic surgery. On her blog, Yang replies to...
Philippines: Blog Muckraker
At Kuwento Kuwento, Benjamin Pimental has a three-part podcast series interviewing journalist Sheila Coronel and her now-influential Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) blog. Click here for the beginning. On a recent post, the PCIJ blog generated discussion about the country's digital divide.
Bangladesh: Cricket and Women
Bangladesh: Cricket and Women
Bangladesh: Perceptions of the self
Bangladesh: Perceptions of the self
Nepal, Bangladesh: Relationship between the two
Nepal, Bangladesh: Relationship between the two
India, Pakistan: Calcutta- Once upon a Time
India, Pakistan: Calcutta- Once upon a Time
Iran: Jordan Explosions
Abtahi, former Vice Preident writes about recent Jordan explosions: “Blowing oneself up in the lobby of a hotel or in the middle of a restaurant with no preservations because of the presence of just ordinary people is not considered a military operation and is not either a sign of power...
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
This week was a little bit quiet at the Saudi blogosphere. Probably most bloggers have decided to the chance of the very nice weather in Saudi Arabia these days by camping in the desert or going to the beach. However, there were several posts of note, so let's take a...
United Arab Emirates: Stone Age
secretdubai describe Sharjah as the “Stone Age” emirate. Why? Two women were abducted and raped by fake taxi drivers and complain to police. What did Sharjah police do? Charge the women with being “in privacy with a man.”
Egypt: Parlimentary Elections
The Arabist sums up the results of the first of three rounds of parlimentary elections. 140 seats to the ruling NDP and independants who join the NDP shortly after their win. 34 seats to the Muslim brotherhood and a big defeat to the secular opposition which “apparently having neither the...
Tajikistan: Neweurasia Tajikistan
neweurasia has launched its Tajikistan blog with an inaugural post discussing why Tajikistan is as deserving of attention as its neighbors.
Mongolia: Media Discovers Mongolia
New Mongols reports that with President Bush about to visit Mongolia, the media has finally discovered the country and that it is a fairly normal and welcoming country.
Armenia: Eurovision Potentials
With Armenia set to participate in future Eurovision contests, Harmick of Blogrel offers up a sample of a potential entry.
Belarus: Solidarity Day
br23 blog reports on the outcome of the second Belarussian Solidarity Day.
Armenia: Youth Activism
Oneworld Multimedia discusses the lack of youth activism in Armenia compared to Azerbaijan and Georgia, but reports that this may be changing.
Poland: Ban War
the beatroot reports that Poland's conservatives and the EU's liberals have more in common than they might think.
Slovenia: Esteem
The Glory of Carniola reports that Slovenes have remarkably high self-esteem according to a recent study.
Colombia: Uribe's Reelection Chances
Boz uses a rainy day to hammer out some thoughts on President Uribe's chances of reelection after the passing of a new Colombian law allowing for successive presidential terms.
