12 April 2007

Stories from 12 April 2007

India: Your Menstrual Cycle

In what comes across as a PR disaster, the government in India appears to be asking women in the civil services about their menstrual cycle and pap smears in their...

12 April 2007

Pakistan: The Umpires

Metroblogging Lahore reminds us that while the cricket team may not have fared well at the World Cup 2007, the Pakistani umpires are doing a great job. “Not very long...

12 April 2007

Nepal: Reminiscence Of Childhood Dreams

Kathmandu Speaks has an interesting post on a lot of things -including childhood, literature and citizen journalism. “Citizen Journalism- I didn’t know anything about this wonderful phenomenon until I was...

12 April 2007

Kyrgyzstan: Same protests as every year

Kyrgyzstan's post-revolution turmoil is not cooling down even two years after the ouster of ex-President Akayev. The newest episode of opposition protests echoes previous rallies on Bishkek's main square, and will likely yield similar amounts of success, namely very little.

12 April 2007

Egypt: Human Rights Abuses

Egyptian blogger Ibn Al Dunya links to an article by Amnesty International which details systematic abuses of human rights in the name of security in Egypt.

12 April 2007

Egypt: Facebook Closed Circuit

Egyptian blogger Mostafa Hussein explains to us why he hates Facebook here. “Simply, facebook is just a reincarnation of Orkut, Hi5 and the same old … concept of closed social...

12 April 2007

Bahrain: Apologies to MP

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif retracted a post in which he posted a copy of a cheque for about $10 million in the name of an MP, claiming that it...

12 April 2007

Saudi Arabia: Discussion Group Laws

Saudi blogger Rasheed Abou-Alsamh links to an article in which he writes about how discussion groups in private homes in Saudi Arabia are now required to register with authorities or...

12 April 2007

Bahrain: Blogger Sued

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif has just been summoned to show up at the High Criminal Court on April 17 for a libel suit being brought against him by a...

12 April 2007

Africa: confusing trolling and debating

A Nigeria blogger, eshuneutics, joins the debate about blogger's code of conduct: “The civil values that we prize today were not built upon polite speech. The pamphleteers of the seventeenth...

12 April 2007

Saudi Arabia: Meet the Abazons

We all know who the Amazons are – but to learn more about the Abazons – Saudi Stepford Wife‘s latest post is a must read. “Abazon- An abaya-clad Amazon who,...

12 April 2007

Saudi Arabia: Maid Gone

Saudi-based blogger Nzingha‘s maid is gone – and she can't hide her happiness. “And I'm so happy she is finally gone. I have learned a few things with this experience,...

12 April 2007

Jamaica: Frances-Anne Solomon Speaks

Jamaican Geoffrey Philp features writer, producer and filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon in her own words: “Creation is a form of Terror, particularly when you come from a colonial context and background...

12 April 2007

Ethiopia: doing dirty work for America

Ethio-Zagol Post writes about suspected “terrorists” detained in Ethiopia: It was Replica Iran. Eight “terrorists” detained in secret prisons in Ethiopia (some referred to them as TPLF’s Guantanmo) were paraded...

12 April 2007

China: Nailhouse questions remain

With all the blogging and reporting that's been done on the now-infamous nailhouse, Davesgonechina takes a long look back—two, actually—and still finds many unanswered questions.

12 April 2007