Stories from 4 September 2008
Syria: Love of Twitterfox
Syrian blogger أدهم [ar] shares a love of the Firefox plugin Twitterfox, stating that Firefox “continues to shine” with its add-ons.
Turkey: Drawing Parallels to Tough Political Women
Erkan's Field Diary compares vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin to former Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Çiller stating that “she of course confirms a cliché. In order to move up as a...
Syria: Sarkozy and Assad's dinner
sasa shares a photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dining with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and divulges where the presidential duo shared a meal.
Palestine: No Student Associations
Rebellious Arab Girl explains her dislike for student associations in a humorous account of her involvement in an Arab student group.
Oman: Ramadan Unusual
You might think that the recent activity at the Omani blogosphere is mostly about the religious atmosphere of the holy month of Ramadan, but strangely the majority of the posts are anything but Ramadanic, reports Riyadh Al Balushi, from Oman.
Lebanon: Political Tension Takes Over The Blogosphere
The political tension in Lebanon is escalating to critical levels with each passing day. The latest helicopter downing by Hezbollah managed to add more conflicts between the politicians and the citizens as well. Intense debates and political opinions can be seen everyday on the evening news and now on the blogosphere too. Local bloggers armed themselves with their personal opinions and analysis, taking the "battle" into their web spaces.
Haiti: Political Propaganda
The Haitian Blogger refers to an article that ran in a mainstream Egyptian newspaper to make the point that “the human rights of Haitians are violated daily by the international...
Cuba, Barbados, U.S.A.: Palin's Speech
While Cuban diaspora blogger Babalu is “still a bit in awe from Palin's speech last night”, Barbadian diaspora blogger Jdid says: “She tried to attack Obama on some trivial stuff...
Bermuda: Information & Human Rights
Vexed Bermoothes quotes the Organization of American States resolution – which recognises access to information as a fundamental human right – to make the point that “Bermuda has paid lip...
Jamaica: ‘Bata’ Bouncers
“Nothing seemed to say ‘made in Jamaica’ as much as Bata”: Long Bench discovers the roots of the shoe brand that saw her through her school years and realises “there’s...
Jamaica, Guyana: Poet as Maker
Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp features Guyanese poet Cyril Dabydeen in his own words.
Armenia: An Unprecedented Football Match
A Fistful of Euros comments on this weekend's World Cup qualifying match between Armenia and Turkey in Yerevan. Although there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries, and as...
Tunisia's ban on Facebook lifted
The ban on the popular social networking website Facebook has been lifted in Tunisia since yesterday 3 September 2008 after a massive protest by Tunisian Netizens. Tens of Facebook groups...
Caucasus: More Journalists Attacked, Killed
Following the death in police custody of a prominent critic of the authorities in Ingushetia, Terror News Briefs says that a rare anti-government rally held to protest the death of...
Japan: How much does a trip to Japan cost?
Some helpful travel tips from Ryuichui: How much does a trip to Japan cost?
Japan: Anonymous online forum for women
Shunichi Arai from Asiajin introduces a successful anonymous online forum for women in Japan.
Hong Kong: Exist Poll
Alone in the Fart discusses about the recent pressure given by the election committee to a research center in Hong Kong University concerning the disclosure of exist poll during the...
China: The Fictive Wu Jinglian Spy Case
ESWN translated a Caijing report explaining how the Wu Jinglian Spy story got spread around from Internet news source to mainstream newspapers.
China: Antimonopoly proceedings against Microsoft?
Donald Clarke from Chinese Law Prof Blog looks into the argument concerning the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)'s investigation on Microsoft's monopoly in China.
China: LV tatooed pig exhibition
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist reports about an upcoming art fair in which a pair of pigs tattooed with Louis Vuitton logos will be exhibited.
