Stories from 10 April 2007
Martinique: Breakup Blues
Le Blog de [Moi] had a fit of anguish [Fr] at the news that a 20 year same-sex relationship recently ended. Says the blogger: “I have a hard time with lesbian breakups … As if we owed ourselves to make it against all odd … And I can't help but...
Gabon, Guadeloupe: Circumcision and HIV
Guadeloupe Attitude posts [Fr] an article by Maité Mapangou, Executive Secretary of OPDAS-Gabon [Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS in Gabon] concluding that “circumcised or not, any man who does not protect himself is a potential agent of the spread of the virus“. The article comes in response to...
Fiji: Blogger's Meetup
Laminar_Flow points readers to a inaugural blogger's meet in Fiji.
East Timor: Voting Patterns in East Timor Elections
Dili-gence has a post on why the voting patterns in the other regions of the country may not be like the capital city Dili. The elections are on in East Timor to select the next president of the country.
Brunei: Rice Harvest Ceremony
Maurina describes the traditional rice harvesting festival of Mangatam in Brunei
Vietnam: Hanoi Life
Juan Pablo Fernandez post pictures and describes the daily life in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
Brunei: Circumcision in Old and Modern Brunei
The Daily Brunei Resources writes a post describing how circumcisions are done in Brunei today. The blogger has another post on circumcision in the old days.
Brunei: Retirement Woes
Old Man's Blog cautions its readers in Brunei to focus beyond short term and plan for retirement.
Brazilians Wrap-up and Rap Upon 10 Years of Blogging
The word is out on the web: blogs are celebrating their 10th anniversary. And although blogging about blogging is something bloggers do all the time, the remembrance offers the opportunity for new raps around the beloved theme. The thread started from an April 1st Dave Winer's post where he praises...
Taiwan: Bloggers Festival
Taiwan Bloggers BoF, the biggest blogger festival in Taiwan is about to take place on April 14, 2007. BoF was first held in 2005, and named for “Birds of a feather”. In 2006, hundreds of bloggers participated in the 2nd BoF, in which a talk was given by Rebecca MacKinnon,...
Armenia: Theft from a Blogger
Onnik Krikorian catches both ArmenPress and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty using his photos without permission.
Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan: Irrigation and the Aral
Bonnie Boyd discusses how Soviet irrigation policies led to the depletion of the Aral Sea.
Madagascar: English as an Official Language, Tribute to Victims of Colonial Conflicts and Cyclones (Again)
It's been a busy couple of weeks for Madagascar: A referendum for an amendment on the constitution which includes the addition of English as an official language. Madagascar was also honoring the memory of the victims of the colonial insurrection of 1947 which resulted in 80,000 casualties. Finally, a 6th cyclone in 6th month hit the Malagasy coast, leaving even more devastated areas before reconstruction from the earlier one could be completed.
Armenia: Campaign Underway
Though some parties have been doing some unofficial campaigning already, Armenia's parliamentary election campaign is now officially underway. Notes From Hareinik analyzes some ambitious campaign promises from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation — Dashnaktsutiun. Meanwhile, Onnik Krikorian has photos of the same party's campaign launch.
Afghanistan: Fallout from Ajmal Naqshbandi's Death
Safrang analyzes the ways in which the government of Afghanistan is and is not responsible for the death of Ajmal Naqshbandi.
Amatomu: The South African blogosphere, sorted
Trust a Global Voices author to leak the news about "South Africa's Technorati" to the public. Rushed to market largely thanks to a bit of sleuthing by blogger and GV author Tyler Reed, Amatomu, a project of the South African news daily the Mail & Guardian, seeks to "provide an organized perspective of the South African blogosphere." But what do the bloggers think?
Nicaragua: Justice Crosses Borders With Social Media
This, beyond the verity of facts, or the innocence of the involved parties, is a battle of Nicaragua's traditional media (La Prensa, El Nuevo Diario, and TV news programs), against the social media pressure of the blogosphere, a new medium of journalism and collective information based on social relations made over the internet.
Lebanon: Stopping the Cycle of Violence on Women
Lebanese blogger FaiLaSooF urges women who have had sexual harassment experiences to share them with her in order to begin a campaign against violence on women.
Bahrain: We are NOT Bedouins
Bahraini blogger Emoodz discusses his frustration at the elite trying to masquerade Bahraini culture as being Bedouin.
Jordan: Car-less in Amman
Into the Wind contemplates how she will manage the traffic of Amman without her car: “Since I’m going to be car-less for over a week, I’m going to seize the opportunity to conduct a little experiment, and give our existing public transportation system a chance. I’ll try to minimize the...
Saudi Arabia: Segregation of the Sexes
Saudi Jeans reacts to the recent public comment from Interior Minister Prince Naif in which it was announced “Segregation of men and women is not correct”.
