Stories from 16 August 2007
Egypt: Children's Stories
Egyptian blogger Baheyya goes down memory lane and enchants us with story books of a well spent childhood.
Medellín, Colombia: The Recipe
‘La Receta’ (“The Recipe”) – a video production by the participants of the Rising Voices’ project, HiperBarrio, in Medellín, Colombia. To watch the video with English subtitles click on the arrows on the lower-right-hand side of the video player. In the last podcast introducing the HiperBarrio project in Medellín, Colombia,...
Morocco: Journalist Jailed
A Moroccan court yesterday sentenced Mustapha Hormat Allah, a journalist for Al-Watan al-An to eight months in prison for reporting on leaked documents explaining the “state of alert” in Morocco, reports Elijah Zarwan.
Morocco: Another Confounded blogger
Ghasbouba is also confounded over the recent suicide attack in Meknes.
Syria: Occupied Golan Heights Campaign
Golaniya posts a link to a new campaign for solidarity with Syrian prisoners in Israeli jails. With links to a complete list of known prisoners and their photos.
Armenia: Orphanage
Thomas of Follow the Way posts photos taken by Lilit Abrahamyan. They depict the daily life in an orphanage for mentally handicapped kids near Armenia's capital Yerevan.
Kyrgyzstan: Let the show begin
Mirsulzhan Namazaliev provides a comprehensive summary of Livejournal coverage of the opening of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan, including links to many first-hand photo reports.
Kazakhstan: Exhibition
The blogging artists of Artpologist have successfully opened their exhibition about the changing face of Kazakhstan's southern capital Almaty. Daniel has some thoughts on how it all went (photos here). Not bad at all, according to the first press reviews coming in.
Turkmenistan: Reaching out
Bonnie Boyd notes that Turkmenistan's isolation on the world stage seems to decrease under new president Berdymukhamedov. Meanwhile, Turkmen national Merdjen is having bad flashbacks of totalitarian rule in her current home Bishkek, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit is held at highest security levels.
Afghanistan: Debunking myths
Afghan President Karzai criticised the kidnapping of women (of the Korean hostage group) as un-Islamic and un-Afghan. Blogger Mohammad Fahim Khairy disagrees and says that during most of Afghanistan's recent history, women were treated badly and also got kidnapped.
Peru: Latest from the Earthquake in Peru
GV Author, Juan Arellano has collected additional information regarding the recent earthquake in Peru [ES], where the death toll has risen to more than 300.
Saudi Arabia: Women's Support Society
Women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia are hoping to establish an independent society which aims to support women, reports Saudi Jeans.
Jordan: E-Cheating
Jordanian Palestinian Shaden Abdul Rahman discusses e-cheating in this post.
Jordan: 7iber's New Look
Jordan's citizen journalism digital project 7iber is wearing a new dress, reports The Black Iris.
Egypt: Sandmonkey in Mourning
Egyptian Sandmonkey is back with a moving post, which mourns the death of his grandmother.
Kuwaiti Magicians in Las Vegas
Kuwaiti magicians are leaving their mark on Las Vegas, reports Mark.
Trinidad & Tobago: Caroni Bird Sanctuary
Haveworld posts some pictures from Trinidad's Caroni Bird Sanctuary.
Jamaica: Interesting Elections?
“For the first time in Jamaica’s political history has it been so exciting…it will be a tight race to Jamaica House.” Jamaican Lifestyle thinks the island's upcoming elections are going to be interesting…
From Nasser to Mubarak and On, the State of Modern Egypt.
The face of Egypt has changed greatly after the revolution that brought independence from foreign occupiers. From the Egypt created by Nasser to the Egypt to be inherited by Gamal Mubarak, the Egyptian Blogosphere is recalling their personal expieriences, objections, predictions and experiences with blogger imprisonment.
Hossein Derakhshan’s blog is suspended
The blog of the Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan (aka Hoder) has been suspended by the U.S. based hosting company, Hosting Matters, after a complaint filed by lawyers representing Mehdi Khalaji, Next Generation fellow at The Washington Institute. The complaint -not filed to the court- centered on allegedly defamatory content published...
Jamaica: Bridges to Memory
“The poems…are rooted in the crucible of the Caribbean/African American Diaspora”: Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot features Jamaican author Marva McClean as she discusses her new book of poetry.
