4 September 2006

Stories from 4 September 2006

Argentina: Education Blogs

Two new education weblogs based in Buenos Aires: Red de Escuelas Medias (ES) (“Network of Middle Schools”) is part of the new government-run Blogs de la Ciudad while Educación (ES)...

4 September 2006

Spain, Ecuador: World Cup of Basketball

Juan Luis describes this year's World Cup of basketball, won by Spain, as the most exciting sporting event he had seen in quite a while (ES). Ecuadorean blogger Christian Espinosa...

4 September 2006

Kuwait: Kuwait to limit Internet freedoms

Amer reports that the Kuwaiti government didn't exactly embrace the idea of thousands of people dismissing “controlled” newspapers by flocking directly to raw, uncensored, blunt political analysis and footage concerning...

4 September 2006

Palestine: The Weather Report

The “summer rains” that began falling on Gaza over two months ago are continuing. On 2 September the Northerly winds of the Israeli Occupation Forces swept through the town of...

4 September 2006

Israel: Shades of the British Mandate!

Israeli kids were once raised on the legends of the Zionist pioneers who braved the evil British Mandate and risked their lives to establish the early kibbutzim and moshavot! Those...

4 September 2006

Jordan: Rami's Revolution

Rami wonders: “Why do we always surrender to the notion that we are too small to change the world, if you and I did not change the world then who...

4 September 2006

Palestine: Arts and Crafts Village

Culture in Palestine is the legacy that makes up a large portion of the cultural identity that interacts with all the classes of the Palestinian society. It conveys an image...

4 September 2006

Pakistan: Education

Education in Pakistan needs far more involved intervention. All Things Pakistan on a high school with one student. “Little wonder that the evident failure of formal school system is giving...

4 September 2006

Nepal: Women and Festivals

Say Na Something on being a woman and celebrating Tij. What it means to have a society's expectations burden you to look and behave a certain way – especially if...

4 September 2006

India: Celebrating Ganesha

Indicast has a podcast on the festival of Ganesha Chaturthi. “eople from all age groups participate in programmes to exhibit their talent on millions of different stages across the country....

4 September 2006

Bangladesh: In the Middle East

Given the large number of Bangladeshis in the Middle East, imperfect world 2006 scans the mainstream media to get a sense of what issues are connected with Bangladeshis there.

4 September 2006

Kenya: A Vote of Confidence?

Mentalacrobatics experiences the good, the bad and the ugly of the voter’s registration process in Kenya and questions regulations which may discourage the political participation of many.

4 September 2006

Ghana: Whither Gay Rights?

Adam sees the Ghanaian government’s decision to ban a gay and lesbian community conference as understandable yet paradoxical in a country that is otherwise usually progressive.

4 September 2006

Kenya: Year in Review

The Girl in the Meadow gives a citizen’s account of the state of the nation covering crime, employment, investment opportunities and micro-finance enterprise including her personal “jua kali” (informal) tips...

4 September 2006

Lesotho: Vehicles of Corruption

In adventures in international development, P’s rants about corruption in Lesotho’s ruling LCD party and wonders whether “there is no act of corruption too blatant to get away with”.

4 September 2006

South Africa: World Cup 2010

A blog dedicated to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa discusses the impact the event is set to have on the infrastructure of South African cities.

4 September 2006

Sudan: Security Catch-22

In light of the UN Security council’s approval of a peacekeeping force in Darfur, observing increasing insecurity and fearing that the greater region is in danger of a destabilization of...

4 September 2006