Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 December 22

22 December 2008

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Stories from 22 December 2008

Public cinemas have been banned in Saudi Arabia for the last 30 years, and if residents of the kingdom want to watch films on the big screen, they travel to...

Saudi Arabia: The problems of women in medicine

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Palestine: No falafels in Gaza

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Barbados: Journalists Arrested

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

The Barbadian blogosphere is an uproar following the arrest of two mainstream media journalists - a move that bloggers are interpreting as an assault on press freedom.

Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: Stanford's Legends

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Christmas Present

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Earthquake & Flood

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis: Murderer Executed

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Half & Half

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Ecuador: The Passing of Ex-President León Febres Cordero

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

Ecuador's former President León Febres Cordero passed away this week and many of the country's bloggers are providing thoughts about his legacy. Some are giving him more credit for his...