6 September 2009

Stories from 6 September 2009

Palestine: New Blog on Land Grab

Marcy Newman announces on her blog Body on the Line: “my dear friend rami and i have started a new blog to catalog the ongoing nakbas (catastrophes) that happen every...

6 September 2009

UAE: On Japan

From the UAE, Al Mobde3 Al Arabi (The Arab Innovator) [ar] shares his thoughts on Japan in this post.

6 September 2009

Egypt: Iraq vs Syria

Egyptian Chronicles discusses the current standoff between Syria and Iraq: “As Arabs we know that for time to time the Syrian-Iraqi relations go from bad to worse.”

6 September 2009

Azerbaijan: Reaction to Hajizade-Milli trial

Sixty days after video bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli were arrested, and following the start of their trial last week, friends and supporters of the detained youth activists reflect on the case online.

6 September 2009

China: Are syringe attacks terrorism?

Fresh protests broke out in Xinjiang this week following news that Uighurs had been attacking people with syringe needles. Is this terrorism? Why resort to a tactic like this? Just some of the questions being asked of the autonomous region, still disconnected from the Internet after two months.

6 September 2009

Translator of the week: Boukary Konaté in Mali

Boukary Konaté teaches French and English in a high school in Mali. Joining Global Voices in French has steered him onto a new path: he is now involved in Web projects to promote his native language, Bambara, and train rural communities in Mali to use the internet.

6 September 2009