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11 March 2012

Bahrain: Massive Rally Against the Regime

Written by Mona Kareem · Governance, Protest

A massive march in Bahrain on Friday 9 March, came to renew public demands against the tyranny of the Bahraini regime which has been implicated in the killings, arrests, corruption, oppression and discrimination of citizens, according to a fact-finding mission.

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5 March 2012

MENA: Which Salafist Movie Would You Watch?

Written by Tarek Amr · Film, Humor

Iraqi Lebanese blogger Karl Sharro decided to start a new hashtag where people tweet movie names after putting a Salafist flavour into them. And like most of the humuorous hashtags, this one got spread in no time, when Twitter users in different Arab countries started using it.

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27 February 2012

Bahrain: #Hungry4BH Trends Worldwide

Written by Mona Kareem · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

Bahraini netizens, backed by the international community, helped raise the voices of detained political activists on hunger strike, by making their plight a trending topic on Twitter. Mona Kareem reports on the efforts of activists online and on the ground in Bahrain.

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15 February 2012

Bahrain: Tweeting the Revolution's First Anniversary

Written by Mona Kareem · Governance, Human Rights

February 14 marked the one year anniversary of the Bahrain revolution, which has been severely repressed by the regime backed by the troops of the Gulf Cooperation Council's Peninsula Shield Force. Mona Kareem presents a social media round-up of events of the day.

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14 February 2012

Arab World: Where Even Valentine's Day is Different

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Ideas, Religion

It's Valentine's Day today! The occasion was not forgotten despite a year of protest across a large portion of the Arab world. Netizens share their thoughts on this day of celebrating love.

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6 February 2012

Video: Sociology Cinema Gathers Videoclips for Lecture Topics

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Education, History

Online video is being used by sociology instructors at the University of Maryland to teach basic concepts and accompany lectures. In The Sociological Cinema video clips are tagged and referenced so that other sociology instructors can use videos to make their classes more engaging.

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3 February 2012

Bahrain: Celebration and Criticism Greet “Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012″

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Arts & Culture, Protest

February 2 saw the official launch of Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012, which has been both welcomed and criticised by Bahrain's netizens. As the celebration was taking place, opposition protests were broken up elsewhere in the capital.

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Israel: The Lie, the Truth and the Meme (of the Soldier and the Girl)

Written by Carmel L. Vaisman · Humor, Photography

A photograph of a street performance in Bahrain went viral, after it was alleged it depicted an Israeli soldier stepping on an Arab girl. In this age of media manipulation and virility, some Israelis decided the best response to a viral lie is a humorous meme, writes Carmel L. Vaisman.

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7 January 2012

MENA: 2011, a Year of Struggle and Triumphs for Bloggers

Written by Jillian C. York · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

With all of the social media successes throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, it would be all too easy to overlook the struggles faced by bloggers and netizens throughout the region. But with 126 netizens imprisoned, it would be a travesty.

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6 January 2012

Global Voices Most Read Posts in 2011

Written by Solana Larsen · Announcements

Global Voices is no longer as lonely a media voice when it comes to reporting tweets and blog posts. Still, where mainstream media interest wanes, we're the ones who continue documenting local citizen media. Discover our top 20 list of most read posts for 2011.

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Updates about Bahrain

15 June 2011

English

Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif blogs: “Reason, it appears, has disappeared. The benefit of the doubt has no place. Will a dialogue ameliorate these feelings? Will it put the country back on a reconciliatory track? Will we ever think of an inclusive “us” rather than solidify an already created and maintained cantons of rage?”

• Amira Al Hussaini

26 April 2011

Arabic

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif shares a video showing how khobiz - a local bread - unites Bahrainis.

• Amira Al Hussaini

English

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif writes about paranoia and mobile phones. Is the worry about mobile phone invading privacy warranted? Read the post to find out more.

• Amira Al Hussaini

17 March 2011

English

Faisal Kapadia at Deadpan Thoughts reports on xenophobic attacks on Pakistani workers in Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain, by protesters who had laid siege to this complex.

• Rezwan

24 February 2011

15 February 2011

Arabic

Saudi Twitter user @Al Ahlawy29 posts a series of photos (WARNING: graphic images) showing the second protester to die in Bahrain, prefaced with the text (ar): “And the second martyr falls. The martyr is Fadhel Salman Al Matrook, 32 years old. He was martyred while taking part in the funeral of [first] martyr Ali Abdul Hadi Mushaima, near the Salmaniya Medical Complex, after he was shot by a bird shot gun at close range.” The images were taken from Al Wattani, an online forum that is blocked in Bahrain.

• Georgia Popplewell

23 January 2011

English

Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif discusses the trial of 25 Bahrainis, among them blogger Ali Abdulemam, who are “accused of crimes against the state, everything from sedition through to terrorism and incitement against the regime, all of which carry rather heavy sentences.”

• Amira Al Hussaini