Stories from 2 July 2007
Oman is Not for Sale
Sleepless in Muscat, from Oman, decries the sale of images of the Gonu disaster saying that Oman is not for sale.
Egypt: The Source is Dead
“Ashraf Marwan, maybe the most colorful person of London’s Arab community, has died under unclear circumstances. Some believe him to be ‘The Source’ which tipped off Mossad prior to the 1973 war – others say he acted as a double agent misleading the Israelis,” announces The Arabist.
Bahrain: Registered Doctor
Bahraini blogger Mo is now a full-fledged registered doctor.
Bahrain: Drink Driving
“How much longer will we have to endure the pain and atrocities due to the carelessness of drunk driving?” asks Bahraini blogger emoodz.
Palestine: Online Dating
Palestinian Zinjabeelah discusses online dating here.
Arabeyes: Hamas and Fatah Dig Up Some Dirt
The war between Fatah and Hamas has just got dirtier, 33 Muslim Brotherhood students are arrested in Egypt, a video sheds light on how all the different hues of Egyptians are really one, an exhausting wedding in Saudi and the appearance of a dead grandmother in a dream are just some of the goodies in store for us in this week's Arabic translation of blogs.
China and Hong Kong: Cross border citizen reporting
Zola has come to Hong Kong to report on the 10th anniversary of reunification under the interlocals.net's international citizen reporter fellowship project. His first day report is about inmediahk.net and second day about the rallies on July 1 (zh).
Kuwait is like a Cinema
Kuwaiti bloggers have more than meets the eyes. This week we hear from a Kuwaiti teacher, a film maker and an artist. We also see how one blogger reacted when the electricity was cut at work and why a vital pedestrian crossing between two sections of a mall comes to a standstill at 11pm.
Korea: Internet and Anonymity
Internet portal sites in Korea will use the real-name comment system (daet-geul sil-myeong-je) from this month. Two major portal sites, Daum and Naver, already started from the 27th of June, and 35 other major portal sites will implement the system this month. In Korean portal sites, internet news or blog...
Hong Kong: Queen's Pier July 1 party
Last night, during the 10th anniversary firework celebration, hundreds of local citizens disobedyed police warning, entered the Queen's Pier surrounded by iron bar and enjoy the firework, music and dancing there. Inmediahk.net has two citizen reports, one by mac donald, he wrote from an outsider perspective: the police has turned...
Tajikistan: Misguided perceptions
The wisdom of certain Western observers is being questioned in Tajikistan: Both a cartoonist and a journalist seem to have problems understanding the place properly, write Vadim and his readers on neweurasia.
Kazakhstan: Saving the Saiga
News from the Caravan has an in-depth post about the Saiga Steppe antelopes and what needs to be done to save the endangered species from extinction.
Intimidation and threats to Blogger Wael Abbas.
Blogger Ahmad Sherif has posted an English translation of Egyptian police intimidation targeting Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas and threatening him to stop publishing articles and videos criticizing President Mubarak and his son Gamal. “These are certainly not the ways of a nation sitting at the United Nation’s Council for Human...
Turkey: Cultural Crossroads
Vilhelm Konnander takes his readers on a tour to the Turkish city of Kars, a place of kaleidoscopic history and rich Turkish, Armenian, Russian and Kurdish heritage.
Armenia: RFE/RL Update
With restrictive media legislation set to be ratified in Armenia, what will this mean for independent broadcasters such as Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty? Onnik Krikorian discusses with his readers while Svet v Avguste and Tirami Su post photos from a protest march against the new media bills.
Newsmakers: Bangla blog world engages in celeb talk
A few weeks back, the celebrity heiress Paris Hilton went in and out of jail and the media lapped up her every move. We learnt about her diet, beauty regimen, ‘mysterious’ illness and even her remorse. Paris herself made the best of this opportunity and promised to pen a jail...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Carnival Spirit
Abeni is hoping to get into the spirit of “Vincy Mas” – the island's annual Carnival celebrations.
Jamaica: Empowerment Through Robotics
Eon links to a You Tube video from Marvin Hall, a Jamaican who is teaching his young countrymen robotics in an effort to empower their lives through technology.
Guyana: Silly Love Songs?
“Love…rosemantic love…what it is about it that would make we put we parched, cracked lips to burning sands to suck it up if we think we gon find it there?” Old love songs get Guyana-Gyal thinking.
Dominica: Treatment of Kalinagos
“There is nothing for the average young person to do, the assimilation in mainstream Dominica is still difficult because of an inbuilt bias towards them, especially ironic given the chain of racism black people have had to shake off.” Caribbean Man shares his views on how the indigenous people of...
Bermuda: March Against Corruption
IMHO.bm attended the March against Government Corruption and was more impressed with the protesters than with Bermuda's elected representatives.
