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August 28th, 2008

Georgia, Russia, Serbia: The Use (or Abuse) of Some Historical Facts?

Sinisa Boljanovic · 19:47

Serbian bloggers follow closely the situation in the Caucasus region. Many of them compared and analyzed the Kosovo issue and the newest opportunities in South Ossetia. Some of them were careful to express their own thoughts and mainly cited thoughts of politicians. Here is a post by a Serbian blogger who quoted in his blog some pieces of the last statements by Russia's government officials, who linked military operations in Georgia to certain historical events. 1 comment · »»

August 22nd, 2008

Bahrain: Celebrating the Imam Al-Mahdi’s birth

Ayesha Saldanha · 23:34

In the middle of the Islamic month of Sha’aban, the month before Ramadan, festivities take place all over Bahrain celebrating the date of Imam Al Mahdi’s birth. The occasion is called Nasfa [Ar], and it is not just a Shiite religious feast, but an event celebrated by Bahrainis of all communities. 0 comments · »»

August 21st, 2008

Egypt: Parliamentary Fire Reactions

Gr33nData · 17:11

lingua → mg · fr · de · mk · zht · zhs

People's reactions here are really confusing ... ehm ... and amusing as well. Ok, believe it or not, but some people here were really happy that a fire has destroyed Egypt's iconic Parliamentary building. 2 comments · »»

Jamaica: “Lightning” Strikes Twice at Beijing Olympics

Skye Hernandez · 03:40

Jamaica's Usain Bolt continued his phenomenal run at the Beijing Olympics with a record-breaking win in the men's 200m Wednesday and Caribbean bloggers are celebrating just as much as he is! 19 comments · »»

August 20th, 2008

Egypt: Parliament on Fire

Amira Al Hussaini · 00:26

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Egyptian bloggers are in a daze, after the country's iconic Parliament Building, went up in flames earlier today. And while an official reason has yet to be announced for the cause of the fire in the 19th century palace, which houses the lower parliament or Shura (consultative) council, bloggers are seething - though not lost for words. 2 comments · »»

August 19th, 2008

Egypt: Death of Three Arab Cultural Icons

Lasto Adri · 22:18

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The Arab world lost three of its cultural icons in the spam of a month. They are Egyptians philosopher Dr Abdelwahab El Mesery and film maker Yousef Chahine and Palestinian poet Mahmood Darwish. Egyptian Blogger, ElGharep, or The Stranger, reflects on the loss in this post [Ar]. 0 comments · »»

August 18th, 2008

Jamaica: Woman Power!

Janine Mendes-Franco · 14:22

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Jamaica has done it again! If there was any doubt after Usain Bolt's 100m Gold Medal that this Caribbean nation is a powerhouse of Track and Field, the female Jamaican sprinters made sure to underscore the point by placing first (Shelly-Ann Fraser) second (Kerron Stewart) and...second (Sherone Simpson) in the final of the Women's 100m in Beijing. 1 comment · »»

August 17th, 2008

Caribbean: Lightning Bolt Strikes Beijing

Janine Mendes-Franco · 16:41

lingua → fr · sw · es

This post is going to be as long as Jamaican Usain Bolt's sprint to 100m-dash Olympic glory was short and ever-so sweet - because Caribbean bloggers still have not come down from the high that Bolt's amazing win has created. 9 comments · »»

Links about History

August 29th, 2008

Scribblings of the Metropolitician found it hard to believe that the South Korean government could demolish the old city hall building without much public consultation and debate.

August 27th, 2008

Saudiwoman explains how many tailors' shops turned into beauty salons in Saudi Arabia.

August 26th, 2008

Yemeni Omar Barsawad takes us to the picturesque village of Seiyoun, where beautifully adorned doors and windows were traditionally made out of wood. Barsawad posts a few pictures to illustrate the art.

August 25th, 2008

OpenDemocracy.net posts translations of posts by LJ user pepsikolka (Samira Kuznetsova), a blogger living in Poti, Georgia: here, here, and here. (Earlier GV translations of pepsikolka's posts are here and here.)

Caribbean Beat Blog congratulates Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago on their gold and silver medals in the Men's 4 x 100 Relay, while Child of the Revolution thinks that “Fidel Castro won’t be happy” with the Cuban Olympic medal count.

At the opening of the Carifesta Symposia in Guyana, Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott warned that regional governments are killing their artists - making Bahamian blogger Nicolette Bethel even more convinced that her decision to resign her post as Director of Culture for the Bahamas Government is the right one.

August 24th, 2008

Photos and video of seven activists holding a rally at Red Square in Moscow on Aug. 24 - “For your and our freedom” - in commemoration of the protest against the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (posted by LJ user moscow_river_25 in the legal_team LJ community).