Stories from 23 November 2005
Saudi Arabia: Lash, Right Away
Saudi Jeans writes that the latest of Saudi religious police's creations is to lash boys who harass girls in public in the same place of the harassment, right away.
Political Freedom
Abdulhadi Khalaf (in Arabic) and Sabbah (in English) writes about political freedom in the Middle East, as ranked by Economist research and published by BBC Arabic (in Arabic).
Western Sahara: Injustice
Black Star Journal reports on the 30 years of injustice in the Western Sahara..”The late King Hassan invoked centuries-old ties of allegiance by Saharan tribes to assert his sovereignty and claim the territory's rich phosphate deposits and offshore fishing grounds even as his regime assiduously worked against international efforts to...
Kenya: celebrating 30
What an African Woman Thinks celebrates being in her thirty’s despite being told by the Nation newspaper that she is “in a sorry state, being in my mid thirties with no husband or baby in sight. Apparently, women like me are distraught at their circumstances and desperate to change them”.
Kenya: voter apathy
Kenyan blogger, Bankelele comments on voter apathy in Monday's referendum on the nation's constitution……”Voter turnout was less than half of what was expected in most areas. Fatigue over the whole matter coupled with the cost of traveling hundreds of kilometers to vote, in an insignificant election, only a month before...
Nigeria: Nollywood
Confessions of the Mind has a commentary on Nollywood (Nigerian movies)…”Some movies are actually stepping up, you know no “juju” in it, no “babalawo” telling them to bring human head for pounding to make money, or piss or something gross, cause those movies just annoy me! I actually watched some...
Zimbabwe: Destruction and misery
Eddie Cross writing for Zimbabwean Pundit describes the last 6 years in the life of Zimbabwe as a “Tidal Wave of Destruction and Misery”……A Zanu PF Tsunami! Looking back on the past 6 years, we could say that about the whole sorry story of Zimbabwe. After 20 years of independence...
Nigeria: Open source
Nigerian blogger Timbaland believes that the launch of the $100 laptop by Nicholas Negroponte in Tunis last week will encourage Nigerian programmers to develop open source for the local market.
Burundi: UN neutrality compromised?
Agathon Rwasa reports that there has been a serious compromise of UN neutrality in Burundi….“On the night of November 6th/7th 2005, Aloys Nzabampema, a senior FNL commander and suspected war criminal, was arrested by Burundian authorities in Bujumbura. He was reportedly found to be in possession of a number of...
United Arab Emirates: Flickr blocked, again!
Apparently, some bloggers from UAE are reporting that the dominant telecommunication company has blocked Flickr, again!
Travels in the Kurdish Blogosphere
Iraqi Election Madness! As Iraq prepares for the December 15th parlimentary elections, the Kurdish bloggers are preparing as well. Vahal Abdulrahman from Dear Baghdad announced the formation of a new blog devoted strictly to the new elections, it is aptly named The Iraqi Vote. Vahal gives us details on the...
