Stories from 16 March 2007
Bahrain: A Kite in My Heart!
Bahrain-based blogger Bint Battuta attended a kite demonstration , at a time when she is actually feeling like there a kite in her heart. “I feel like I have a kite flying inside me right now! Yesterday was my last day at work – in full-time work, that is, as...
Oman: Splashing Water
Omani Blogger Umm Qusay is moved by water splashing on rocks. Read this to know why.
Egypt: Bloggers Arrested in Anti-Government Rally
Egypt is at it again and amid little or next to no coverage in the mainstream media, its dynamic bloggers are living up to their reputation of being true citizen journalists, giving us a minute by minute break down of developments on the ground. According to Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdulfattah,...
Questions about the Armenian economy
There is some impressive growth in the Armenian economy, The Armenian Economist (of course!) says: […]Armenia’s economy has grown at double digit rates over the past five years. Construction activity accounted for much of the recent growth in the economy (see recent post). Changes in the underlying trend in construction...
Electronic arts scene mingles with marginalized communities in Colombia
Take electronic media, a community with a violent history and music, and you have the necessary ingredients to make a Pixelazo. “Pixelazo is the new Colombian node in the Pixelache festival network. The first Pixelazo event will be organised by Intermundos.org in collaboration with Pixelache Helsinki and several Colombian collaborators.”...
Bahrain: A better literary life for civil servants?
We begin this week's review of Bahrain's blogs with Lulu's review of Bahrain's second annual Spring of Culture. Regarding the music/poetry/dance performance headlined by Marcel Khalife, and which caused controversy because of the dance element, she says: I'm all for the arts & freedom of expression, of course, but if...
Bahrain: Spring of Culture
Bahraini blogger Lulu reviews the Spring of Culture festival in Bahrain. “I'm loving the concept, but then I decided to be democratic in my show reviews at least. So the opinions below are based on (totally unscientific) polls I took of random fellow culture-mongers,” she admits.
Bahrain: Photography Vs Painting
Bahraini blogger Silly Bahraini Girl borrowed a photograph posted by blogger Mahmood Al Yousif as an inspiration for a new painting.
Iranian Women Activists in Pain and Ahmadinejad's Trip to NY
Two of 32 women activists, Shadi Sadr (thanks to Kosoof,we can see her photo here) and Mahboobeh Abassgholizadeh, who were arrested during a peace demonstration in Tehran on 4th of March, are still in prison. The remainder of the jailed women activists were set free. Sadr is a lawyer and...
Libya: The Adventures of Mr Behi
Iranian blogger Mr Behi has moved to Tripoli, Libya, and tells us about life without his life, a computer on life-support and the importance of credit and debit cards. “I received my first salary in Tripoli but the money is in the bank, my debit card is in my hand...
Taiwan: 200 bloggers joint action
The Save Lo Sheng Sanatorium campaign has developed into 200 bloggers joint action. In less than 18 hours, the bloggers got 150,000(TWD) for posting an ad in apple daily news to express their anger towards the state violence and the mainstream media's lack of coverage on the issue. The action...
South Africa: Blog Awards Mashup: Blogging Is Dead, Where Art Thou Stormhoek?, Conflict Of Interest, and Elite Bloggers
South Africans are voting this month for the best South African weblogs in various categories. The final voting for The South African Weblog Awards – 2007 was open to the public from March 6 to March 16, 2007. The main facilitators of the awards are South African bloggers, Rafiq Phillips...
Nigeria/South Africa: mobile yellow pages
Grandiose Parlor writes about the latest mobile technology in Nigeria and South Africa in “From Nigerian Yellow Pages to Bluetooth Enabled Marketing in South Africa.”
Kenya: cyber-activism in practice
Kenyan Pundit blogs about an article in the BBC about Mzalendo project, “Great piece on Mzalendo by Andrew Heavens who blogs who at Meskel Square.”
Kenya: challenges facing entrepreneurs in Africa
Kenyan business blogger, Henry Karanja, is interviewed by the BBC, “The BBC World Service interviewed me yesterday on challenges facing entrepreneurs in Africa.”
Liberia: building a house out of sticks
“Obadiah Gondolo is building a house out of sticks. He will make the walls out of mud, and the roof out of palm thatch. The whole process will take three weeks, and will cost him nothing….,” via Liberia Stories.
Free Kareem Action
Watch the video – labeled “Free Kareem Action”- of the demonstration held yesterday by Reporters Without Borders in front of the Tunisia, Egypt and Cuba, stands at the tourism trade fair in Paris in protest against the dreadful record on freedom of speech in these countries.
China: Film ratings were stopped by a phone call
DANWEI has a translation of a report from YWeekend which tells how the film ratings system were stopped by a phone call.
Hong Kong: The Second CE Election Debate
ESWN has a sum up on media report and statistic of the Second Hong Kong Chief Executive Debate.
Thai Water Festival Brought Forward to Reduce Smog
Malaysia and Singapore are usually the victims of the haze arising from the burning of vegetation in the neighboring island of Sumatra. During the worst hazy days some people who used to fly out to Thailand for brighter skies. Now it seems some areas of Thailand are also suffering from...
China and Japan: Sino-Japanese Studies Journal Online
K. M. Lawson from Japan History group blog announced the digitization of the Sino-Japanese Studies Journal. The full journal is available online at ChinaJapan.org
