17 December 2005

Stories from 17 December 2005

Turkey is Typing….

  17 December 2005

It has been a quiet week in the Turkish blogosphere, some of my favorite bloggers such as Turkish Torque and Talk Turkey have been silent. Mavi Boncuk and Erkan's Field Diary, however, have been as active as ever. The trial of Orhan Pamuk, Turkish Novelist, for speaking out against the...

From the Jordanian Blogosphere

  17 December 2005

Some interesting and controversial social topics are being discussed in the Jordanian blogosphere this week. Freedom of Speech Freedom of speech is not a given commodity in the Arab world, but are there winds of change? Naseem Tarawneh reports about the plans to start a “Freedom Square” in Amman to...