Stories from 7 August 2007
Oman: Translation Lesson
The Muscatis from Oman offer us a language in translation here.
Morocco: Tourism Dive
The number of tourists is dropping in Morocco because of security threats, writes The View from Fez.
Arab Beauty Sparks Debate
Arab beauty is sparking a heated debate at Highlander's blog from Libya.
Iraqi Government in Turmoil
Marc Lynch updates us on the latest storm facing the Iraqi government.
Sneak Preview of Jordanian Blogger Identities
Naseem Tarawneh from Jordan gives us a sneak preview of the identities of bloggers on the Jordanian blogosphere.
Jordan: Husband's Permission for a Passport
Natasha Tynes from Jordan wonders whether she still needs her husbands permission to apply for a passport.
Saudi Arabia Presents Wine to Blair
Although alcohol consumption in banned in Islam, Saudi Jeans writes about how Saudi Arabia presented Tony Blair with fine wine as a gift.
Jordan: Ban Smoking in Public Places
Sugar Cubes from Jordan is urging her readers to sign a petition to ban smoking in public places.
Bangladesh: Enemy property act and Floods
In this weeks tour inside the Bangladeshi blogosphere we will discuss an old black law enacted in time of war being put to use by land encroachers and creating human rights abuse on minorities. We will also look at the dark truth that haunts women in Bangladesh and many parts...
Barbados, Bahamas: Crop Over & Junkanoo
Kadooment Day signals the end of the Crop Over festivities – Living in Barbados explains, offering interesting comparisons to the Bahamas’ Junkanoo festival.
Trinidad & Tobago: Cricket Records
West Indies Cricket Blog is excited about finding “an awesome landing page for international cricket records”.
Trinidad & Tobago: Drum Festival
Now is Wow attends a Muhtadi Drum Festival in Tobago.
Barbados: Hurricane Season
Notes from the Margin is breathing “a little bit easier now” about the upcoming hurricane season…
Scandinavia: “Rysk Mosaik” Russia Bloghub
Rysk Mosaik is a new Scandinavian bloghub for blogs in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian, about Russian politics and society. It currently publishes posts from six Scandinavian blogs, but has the potential to become a regional Russia bloghub. The downside of it is that it is limited to blogs in Scandinavian...
Jamaica: New Literary Voice
“I doubt we have heard the last of his storytelling and the literary world is better off for it. There are too few voices speaking from the margins…” Geoffrey Philp reviews Jamaican Colin Channer's new novel.
Barbados: Power of the People
A 3.6 million dollar drug haul causes Barbados Underground to write: “Each citizen in Barbados has a responsibility to do the right thing. Sometimes, it takes only one or two persons to step-up, which can have a significant difference on outcomes. In recent times, the missing ingredient has been the...
Aruba: Fighting Crime?
Scared Monkeys thinks that Aruba's latest initiative to help combat crime shows “style over substance once again.”
Georgia: Messages to Abkhazia
Fifteen years after Akhazia broke away from Georgian territory, Georgians wrote messages to the inhabitants of the separatist province on a board in the capital Tblisi. Like Soviet soldiers’ inscriptions on Berlin's Reichstag after WWII, none of the messages contained anything negative: “We are missing you Abkhaz brothers.” Steady State...
Kazakhstan: Artpologist
Daniel describes his efforts in putting up an art exhibition in Almaty. He has three weeks left and is working all day every day.
Kazakhstan: Glamour weekend
Beau Gordiner shares his experience of an unbelievably glamour weekend in Kazakhstan's southern capital Almaty.
Sudanese bloggers pay tribute to political hero
This week the two main topics the Sudanese blogged about are on the late politician and former vice president Dr. John Garang and Sudan's acceptance of the Darfur UN resolution. Sudanese Returnee was one of those who blogged in honor of Dr. John Garang: The late Dr. John Garang is...
