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May 16th, 2008

Blog for Palestine Day

Jillian York · 14:02

Blogger za3tar has organized Blog About Palestine Day for today, May 15, the anniversary of the Nakba and Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations. Bloggers around the world were invited to blog for Palestine, as noted by Global Voices here. Many bloggers chose to participate in the event; here is a selection. 2 comments · »»

April 20th, 2008

Damascus: The Destruction of The Old City

Yazan Badran · 17:28

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Damascus prides itself on being the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. The history of Damascus goes back well into the 8000BC. In every corner of its ancient alleys there's a taste of every historical era there was to be found. The city that had withstood everything from earthquakes to invasions for nearly 10 millennia, is now crumbling under the threat of... "Modernism", writes Yazan Badran, who brings us the reactions of a Syrian blogger. 3 comments · »»

April 18th, 2008

AIDS - A Taboo in the Arab World

Amira Al Hussaini · 15:56

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AIDS, the deadly acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is a taboo word in the Arab world. But the scary word has managed to crop up in many blog posts this week - from Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Bahrain and Yemen. 4 comments · »»

March 18th, 2008

Arabeyes: Rebelling the Saudi Way

Amira Al Hussaini · 21:46

On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Saudi activist Wajiha Huwaidar, had herself videotaped driving a car in a rural area in Saudi Arabia, to draw attention to the plight of Saudi women, who are banned from driving, and posted it on YouTube. 2 comments · »»

March 14th, 2008

China: Fire on the streets of Lhasa, Tibet

John Kennedy · 13:59

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With the Tibetan capital now reportedly largely cut off from the outside world, information regarding the ongoing situation in Lhasa slowed to a trickle over the weekend. Some updates, however, having been coming out over blogs and other online channels. 152 comments · »»

March 11th, 2008

Israel: Bedouin Youth Use IM to Bypass Cultural Prohibitions

Gilad Lotan · 19:55

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Instant Messaging is opening new windows for a Bedouin community in South Israel, writes Gilad Lotan, who tunes into a fascinating research and brings us its findings in this post. 7 comments · »»

March 4th, 2008

Kuwait's Double National Day Celebrations

Abdullatif AlOmar · 01:00

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Two national day celebrations were marked in Kuwait last week - one on February 25 and the second on February 26. Kuwait's bloggers were quick to dig into the history of the celebrations. 1 comment · »»

February 27th, 2008

Taiwan: No City for Old Aborigines

Portnoy · 20:27

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The first Presidential debate powered by citizen media platform Peopo was held on Feb 24. Two candidates running for President answers 20 questions raised by citizens who use Youtube-like video clips to express their wishes and problems. 3 comments · »»

Links

May 17th, 2008

Lots of interesting and informative posts on Crimea and Crimean Tatars, including the most recent one, with photos, about Khydyrlez, “the annual Crimean Tatar May celebration of strength and vitality” - by Marusia of My Simferopol Home.

J. Otto Pohl reminds readers that this coming Sunday, May 18, marks the 64th anniversary of Sürgün, the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944.

May 15th, 2008

“Firing weapons in the air is a local custom rooted in tradition and history and nurtured by more than a century of frivolity and inter-communal love,” states Ms. Tee, while posting a 99-year-old report written by the British Consul General in Beirut at the time.

May 12th, 2008

Life of a Borneo Gurl posts pictures of the Sabah Fest Cultural Show

May 5th, 2008

Speed kills, so does culture, says Jordanian blogger Naseem Tarawnah in this post about speeding.

May 1st, 2008

Myat Thura tackles ah-lhu. It is a Burmese religious donation ceremony. People usually do ah-lhu when they donate food and offerings to the monk or the monastery.

April 30th, 2008

Montego Bay Day by Day reports that a controversial statue of reggae icon Bob Marley has finally found a home in Ocho Rios, but insists: “I have looked at this piece of ‘art' several times from many different angles and I still do not like this statue…not even a little bit.”

April 29th, 2008

Signifyin' Guyana is pleased that the government will “pay a special homage” to the late Wordsworth McAndrew at Guyana's upcoming Carifesta celebrations.