13 January 2008

Stories from 13 January 2008

Bahrain: George W. Does a Dance

During his tour of the Middle East, US President George W Bush came to Bahrain for a brief visit, the first of a sitting US president to the country. In this post, Ayesha Saldanha reports how bloggers reacted to the visit and how it impacted their everyday lives.

13 January 2008

Georgia: Revolutionary Spirit

As thousands of Georgians again protest in the capital, Tbilisi, against the outcome of last weekend's presidential election, Marilisa Lorusso's Blog comments on the opinion of one analyst in neighboring...

13 January 2008

Egypt: From Blogs to Books

Many bloggers maybe revolting against mainstream media and traditional publishing by embracing new technology. In Egypt, the written word is finding its home again in books. Tarek Amr shows how some bloggers are turning into authors ahead of the Cairo Book Fair in this post he has translated from Arabic.

13 January 2008

Armenia: Politicized Internet

With the start of the pre-election campaign for next month's presidential election in Armenia a little over a week away, The Armenian Observer says that the Internet has become politicized...

13 January 2008

Armenia: Frozen Water

Blowing the World Bank Whistle says that parts of Yerevan are without water because of sub-zero temperatures. The blogger who is currently taking legal action against the World Bank and...

13 January 2008

Armenia: Internet Domains

The Armenian Economist compares the figures for domain name registration in Armenia and finds that there has been a 45 percent increase since last year.

13 January 2008

Brazil: Anyone can make their own TV

Anyone can make their own TV – this is the idea behind the project ‘Mobile WebTV Live Broadcast’, which is promoting a new free workshop in Brazil this month. “Here...

13 January 2008

Iran:Amputation of hands and feet

Darius Kadivar in Iranian.com blog writes that Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi protested against the amputation of hands and feet as a punishment in Iran, warning of “new dimensions”...

13 January 2008

Iran:”Each Shirt Says a Story”

Canada based Iranian blogger,illustrator and graphic designer, Pendar Yousefi, aka Legofish,presents the clothing as part of an epic saga: each design generated is accompanied and inspired by related Persian myths.Read...

13 January 2008

Iran:Mismanagement in Airport

Poshtebam has published several photos of Iranians who are waiting for several hours/days to take flight in Imam Khomeyni International Air port. The blogger writes that airport was really mismanaged.

13 January 2008