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United Kingdom: #BlameTheMuslims Twitter Hashtag Spins Out of Context
Sanum Ghafoor is a 19-year old Muslim student in the UK. Aggravated at how Muslims were immediately accused for any act of violence, especially following last week's Oslo attacks, Sanum let out steam by tweeting with the hashtag #blamethemuslims. The hashtag was wholly taken out of context, leading to a plethora of frustrated users.
Norway: A Firsthand Account of the Massacre in Utøya
Prableen Kaur, a 23-year old local politician and youth leader from Oslo, has blogged a firsthand account of what she did to survive when a fanatic killer opened fire on a Labour Party youth camp in Utøya, Norway.
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China: Messages for Liu Xiaobo as Peace Prize Ceremony approaches 9 December 2010
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Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia make Eurovision Top Ten 31 May 2010
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Egypt: No Accolades for Obama's Nobel Peace Prize 9 October 2009
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Global: Hijablogging In Vogue 1 March 2009
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Although last night's second semi-final for this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been and gone, Twitter was alive with commentary and updates throughout. The annual international competition, noted more for its kitsch entries than for its music, is viewed by well over 100 million people worldwide. Its presence online is nowhere near as large, but is increasingly becoming an important consideration.
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Global: Hijablogging Fashionistas
In March, we caught up with a new crew of “hijabloggers” - women who wear the hijab and blog about it. Such bloggers span the globe, blogging about a wide variety of issues from parenting to fashion to travel to politics. In this post, we will re-visit the “hijablogosphere” to see what's new.
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Nyamko Sabuni is still a member of the Swedish Government. In 2010, however, she was reappointed as Deputy Minister of...