Stories from 3 April 2007
Saudi Arabia: Maritime Crisis and Apologies
Saudi blogger Yazeez finds the mounting crisis on the British sailors captured by Iran as “ridiculous.” “Iran wants an apology, which is very justifiable considering the fact that what the...
Bahrain: On Education
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif links to a video which serves as a reality check on the status of education in the Middle East and whether it really prepares students...
African Path: Weaving Tales of Africa's Past, Present and Future
African Path is one of the most exciting African citizen media projects. It is an online platform whose content comes from bloggers, readers, artists, and specialists. It also aggregates news...
Iraq: Shada, Shada, Shada
So chanted Nibras Kazimi on the victory of the Iraqi Shada Hassoun, winner of Star Academy Middle East. What better than a trashy TV show to unite a divided country...
Hong Kong: copyright and creativity
Rebecca has written up a detailed report on the copyright and creativity symposium. As she has pointed out, Hong Kong has lagged behind in web innovation. Jacky carried on the...
South Korea: FTA
Walter Hendler from Ohmynews has put up a video on the recent anti FTA battle in Seoul with a background report on the negotiation and local politics.
Japan: Negective impacts of ODA
Gyaku has translated an article on the neglective impacts of Japan's Official Developmental Assistance (ODA) in Japan and in developing countries. The writer, Tanaka Yu, is an activist on environmental,...
Iran:Hard Words for VOA
Farjami [Fa] can not understand how VOA, Voice of America, ( Persian service) can interview Abdolmalek Rigi, a terrorist leader who killed innocent people in Iran. He considers it very...
