Stories from 1 August 2008
Egypt: Electronic Alienation
Egyptian blogger Buthaina [Ar] writes about her children's fascination with computer games – saying they are widening the generation gap between them.
Saudi Arabia: Daily Photo Project
Saudi Arabian blogger Female posts links of videos from YouTube, which feature people who have taken photographs of themselves every single day for years, and presented them fast-forwarded in videos as part of the Daily Photo Project. One of her readers says she will try it.
Israel: Traffic Awareness for Muslims
From Israel, Not a Fish writes about a traffic course for non-Jewish residents in Israel – aimed at reducing road accidents. A total of 250 Muslim clergymen attended a day of lectures on child safety, accident prevention and the Muslim belief in fate versus personal responsibility. Since the beginning of...
Iraq: Hello Turkey!
Iraqi blogger Najma, who writes in A Star from Mosul, is finally in Turkey – where she is enjoying a well-deserved break.
Jordan: High School Results Out
Not another blog, from Jordan, describes the scenes of celebrations in his country as thousands of high school students got their results today. “Today I woke up at the sound of gunfire, fireworks and car horns. Was it yet another stupid wedding? At 8 AM? No. Maybe it was it...
iSummit2008: A Quick Recap
iSummit 2008, the yearly gathering of iCommons held this year in Sapporo, Japan, finished up today after three days of presentations and discussions on open content and open culture. Talks covered various aspects related to the creation and distribution of open content: open publishing, open business, open translation, and various themes of openness in areas such as research and education.
Dominica: About those Politicians…
Danielle Edwards, guest blogging at Dominica Weekly, holds no illusions about politicians: “But luckily, God gave us eyes to see through politicians, ears to hear the lies, noses to smell a rat, tongues to taste the sweetness of democracy…a brain to think for ourselves…and hands to vote.”
Morocco: Direct Flights to Nigeria
The View from Fez reports that direct flights from Casablanca to Lagos will soon be available eight times per week.
Trinidad & Tobago: A Tale of Two Nations
Blogging from Trinidad and Tobago, KnowProSE.com tells a tale of two nations – one agricultural, the other suburban – with a chasm of development separating them: “And I'm somewhere between…trying to figure out which way the tide will take me.”
Syria: Iraqi Prostitutes in Syria
Arabian Camel remarks on the plight of Iraqi women who, without the permits to work in Syria, turn to prostitution to make ends meet.
Barbados: Symptom of a Greater Malaise
Continuing to question the unusual circumstances surrounding the death of I’Akobi Tacuma Maloney, Barbados Free Press says: “I’Akobi’s death is also a symptom of a disease that threatens the very foundation of our society – a disease of corruption that is now deeply embedded in our culture.”
Ukraine: ‘Judas's Kiss’ Stolen in Odesa
IZO reports that “a painting by, or attributed to, Caravaggio, Judas's Kiss […], has been stolen from a museum in Odessa by a thief or thieves who broke in through a window.”
Albania: Women's Issues
A Nevada Yankee in King Zogs’ Court discusses gender issues in Albania.
Serbia: Karadzić's Legal Strategy
Finding Karadzic offers an analysis of Karadzić's legal strategy.
Russia: “Worker Ghettos”
At Robert Amsterdam's blog, a translation of a story from a Russian newspaper on “a proposal to build designated housing for foreign laborers” in Moscow.
U.S., Russia: “Dealing with Russia to Rescue Abkhazia from the Brink”
FP's Russia blog critiques the Atlantic Council’s talk entitled “Dealing with Russia to Rescue Abkhazia from the Brink”: “For those who don’t know or care about Abkhazia, good news!: it was hardly mentioned. Abkhazia wasn’t the point; the point was ‘dealing with Russia’.”
Russia: Corruption in Higher Education
Window on Eurasia writes about corruption in Russian higher education.
Serbia: “Radically Stupid”
Jelena Markovic of Invisible Sights is musing about Karadzic and the recent riots in Belgrade: “About 99% of the people in my city are my political opponents, yet they do not provoke such bare and savage ideas in my head… only this canibal river does it, Radicals phisically joined together...
Slovakia: Best Castles
The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia needs feedback from readers to “compile a list of the top 10 castles in Slovakia.”
Serbia: “Pop-Art Radovan” Tour
LimbicNutrition Weblog has found “a local company” in Belgrade that is “offering a half-day ‘Pop-Art Radovan’ tour.”
Ukraine: Treatment of Flood Victims
Ukrainiana writes and translates on the treatment of Ukrainian flood victims.
