Damaged Arab Music

“Nothing has damaged music and arts in the Arab world more than Prince Walid Bin Talal,” writes Dr Asad Abu Khalil or the Angry Arab.

Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome

“To light a candle is much better than cursing the darkness.”
So signed off Ausama on his last video for Hometown Baghdad.

Arabeyes: Arabs Should Talk to Each Other Rather than the West

Arabs should open up avenues of dialogue amongst themselves before starting conversations with Europeans and the West, writes Batir Wardam from Jordan. Why? He explains his stance in the following post, where he sheds light on why Arabs cannot communicate with each other, let alone with those of different opinions in their own countries.

Egypt: Blogger is Released, Court Case to Block 50 Blogs, Press Attacked By Bloggers and More

In this week’s round-up from Egypt, Big Pharaoh is back, bloggers are unhappy with the Press, a blogger who was arrested last week is now free, public opinion is not taken on top movies, and finally a court case in motion to block and shut down 50 blogs and websites....

First Night Against Françafrique

Vous reprendrez bien un peu d'humanisme? announces “‘First Night Against Françafrique” (Fr) on Zalea TV.

Cuba: Pirates of the Caribbean?

Child of the Revolution blogs about author Tariq Ali's promotional tour of Australia.

Colombia: Pixelazo New Media Urban Lab and Medellín Blogger Meetup

Colombia has been enjoying a flurry of new media-related activities. Last week was the MedalloBloguero (the city of Medellin´s blog community) beers and blogs, where Colombian bloggers in the city got to meet each other, talk, and share drinks. A guest visitor from Bogota, Victor Solano took pictures and posted...

Trinidad & Tobago: WICB Administrative Bungle

West Indies Cricket Blog links to cricket commentator Tony Cozier's report on “yet another appalling lack of administrative planning” by the West Indies Cricket Board.

Bahamas: Understanding Race

Nicolette Bethel maintains that productive discussion about race cannot happen “without understanding, and making peace with our past”. And Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com joins the debate.

Barbados: CARICOM Meets With Bush

CARICOM leaders are meeting with US President George Bush as part of the Conference on the Caribbean – Barbados Free Press wants to know why their island's print and broadcast news media failed to report on “a major statement on CARICOM press freedoms by OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza”.

Bahamas: The Importance of Preservation

“It's hard to explain why we in the Bahamas are so indifferent to our own fascinating heritage,” writes Bahama Pundit‘s Larry Smith, as he makes a case for the preservation of historical buildings in Nassau.

Iran:Juvenile Executions,a Record

Iranian Woman says according to HRW,Iran holds the deplorable distinction of leading the world in juvenile executions, and the authorities should end this practice at once.

Sri Lanka: Being young through War and Peace

Sayanthan, a talented Sri Lankan Tamil blogger based in Switzerland is famous for his entertaining podcasts. His blog is usually full of enthralling anecdotes. Today, he posted a thought provoking post on young people and their way of dealing with the conflict in Sri Lanka. A translation of Sayanthan‘s post...

South Korea: the Mismatch between an Imagined North Korea and the Real Role of the USFK

An article posted at SavePTfarmer on the imagined North Korea threat for creating a state-of-the-art “strategic hub” south of Seoul in accordance with the United States’ plan for the realignment and strategic flexibility of the USFK.

Japan: Pearl Harbor Never Happened

Soon after the denial of the existence of forced prostitution (comfort woman), 100 lawmakers in Japan denied the history of a surprise attack by Japanese soliders on the U.S. Pacific Fleet in 1941 and demanded that photographs portraying the Japanese military in a negative light be removed from U.S. war...

Korea: Rubber Shoes Redesigned

Verena from Pingmag showed a number of design works from the Korean rubber shoes redesign project commissioned by last year’s Seoul Design Festival.

Myanmar: Leadership Skill Training Workshop

Non-profit organization, The Searchers, has successfully attained the certificates for the first ever Basic Leadership Skill Training program given to them. Melody Maung posted some of the photos of the event.

Proud Myanmarese without Electricity?

\Steve Evergreen wonders why most part of Burma doesn't get a regular supply of electricity while billions of dollars are made from gas sales. “Forget about small towns in Burma. Even in large cities like Yangon and Mandalay, electricity supply is very irregular.”

China: Beijing Billboard

Imagethief notices that Beijing city always managed to paint the city billboards for major city event, such as Sino-africa summit. Recently the city government put down many billboards due to “poor construction”: The conspiracy minded among us (Mrs. Imagethief) believe that entire scheme is a ruse to claim Beijing's most...

Honduras: An Eye for an Eye

Aaron Ortiz of Pensieve writes about the fate of convicted murders in an Honduran prison, who fell victim to the prison codes.

Peru: Blogger Reaction to Cameron Diaz Visit

Juan Arellano of Globalizado [ES]collects blogger reaction to actress Cameron Diaz’ visit to Cuzco, which caused quite a media frenzy.