Afghan Bloggers See Trouble Looming
Region: Afghanistan
Posted by Joshua Foust to Global Voices Online If there is any one theme to emerge from the Afghan blogosphere lately, it is warning about the future. Sanjar starts things off by noting the slow degradation in Afghan-W... more
Views: 1423China:国殇; Survival Stories in Quake
Region: China
by Bob Chen We live in Shenzhen. Yesterday, when my mom was in a taxi home, she heard the driver muttering, “I have stopped my work for the entire 2 last days.” “Why so?” curiously a... more
Views: 1512NY Times Beaten to the Punch by GroundReport Internet Writer
Region: United States
New York Times Op-Ed opinion columnist William Kristol compared Barack Obama's remarks about the bitterness of white working class voters to Karl Marx, as their feelings lead them to nationalism, religion a... more
Views: 1999Egypt: Bloggers on the Frontline
Region: Egypt
by Amira Al Hussaini Egyptian bloggers worked round the clock telling the world about a workers' revolt that shook their country, as thousands rioted at a textile mill in Al Mahalla, demanding better pay and protesting ag... more
Views: 1833The South African Blog Awards
Region: Bahrain
by Muhammad Karim On April 2nd, The South African Blog Awards were held in Cape Town to a great turnout of bloggers and also some very inspired winners. This is a summary of posts about the award from South African blog... more
Views: 1082Bosnia & Herzegovina: New UNESCO Heritage Site; New Cross Memorial
Region: Bosnia and Herzegowina
by Elia Varela Serra One of the main news items in the Bosnian blogosphere this week has been the addition of the Višegrad stone bridge to UNESCO's World Heritage List. The bridge, named after Mehmed Paša ... more
Views: 1521Cuba: Blocking Bloggers
Region: Cuba
by Janine Mendes-Franco Want to get the Cuban blogosphere talking? Block access to a popular blog. Ever since Cuban authorities did just that to several less-than-supportive Havana-based blogs earlier this week, the blo... more
Views: 1251Afghanistan: First blogging workshop in Kabul
Region: Afghanistan
by Hamid Tehrani The Afghan Association of Blog Writers (Afghan Penlog) overcame financial difficulty and obstacles like electricity shortages to organize the first blogging workshop in their history. The workshop was h... more
Views: 946Has the blogosphere lost its umph?
Region: United StatesI didn't join the blogosphere early enough to say that I remember the good old days, but TechCrunch noted today that historic blogger Robert Scoble is lamenting the superficial nature of the community in 2008. Erick Schonf... more
Views: 1319Qatar: Online Community Comes to the Aid of Workers
Region: Qatar
by Mohamed Nanabhay Early this week a fire broke out at a labour camp in Doha, Qatar, which destroyed the belongings of 600 workers. Labour camps in the Gulf states are usually large single sex-segregated dormitories th... more
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