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August 28th, 2006

   

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Lebanon: Blogging Back to Normality

Moussa Bashir · 16:13 · Middle East & North Africa

This week the Lebanese blogosphere witnessed a sluggish move away from posts about destruction and death caused by the war to posts that reflect patriotic passions, politics and personal accounts. Photos of how ads, weddings and cartoons were affected by the war can also be found. Life in the blogosphere seems to be trying hard to go back to the way it was.

Graphics can convey messages more efficiently than words, in most cases to say the least. In the light of this, Ahmad posted images of some war inspired ads while EDB has a photo of a wedding with the rubbles of Beirut’s suburbs as a backdrop. And then we also have Mazen Kerbaj who uses his blog to post updates of drawings, comics and free improvised music with Beirut in mind.

If you like to see facts and data displayed in numbers then go to Lazarus. He posted recent results of post-war opinion poll survey about public support for Hezbollah and compared them with the results from a similar opinion poll done two years ago. The comparison is quite interesting. (more…)

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Global Food Blog Report #29

Melissa De Leòn Douglass · 07:06 · Middle East & North Africa , East Asia

#1: Maika's Blog on Haitian Food:

"Griot" (pronounced: greee-yo ) a popular Haitian original.  Which is fried pork shoulder accompanied with a spicy hot as habanero cole slaw like condiment called “Picklese” (s pronounced like a z).  And served with a side of fried flatten green plaintain "bunan passe" ( (like the u in "up"  bu-nun pay-zay) and red bean and rice. Read more…

#2: From Israel, Pickle Power :

That cucumbers preserved by pickling could liberate women from local strictures and lack of economic opportunity makes me delight once again in the power of plants, and, of course, in the power of women united by an idea. But I do wonder about the fate today of the Azka Pickle Cooperative.

Elsewhere on the pickle front, the NY Food Museum ( inspired in part by The FOOD Museum, yes…) is celebrating its 6th annual Pickle Day on September 17th, on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. Read more and participate!

#3: From Venezuela, Apuntes de Cocina on a guide to purchase Venezuelan-cut-meats in the US! Now there is no excuse :-)

#4: From China and Russia, Imagined-community on Kombucha: Drink your culture live!

Kombucha Tea has been all the rage among organic foodies on the US West Coast for well over a year, and on Sunday I decided to try this tea made from a symbiosis of yeast and bacteria. Like many foods, Kombucha has led a truly transnational life. Kombucha’s first recorded use was in China, after which it migrated to Russia, and then later appeared in Eastern Europe (however, fermented Kombucha should not be confused with the unfermented Japanese Kombucha). Read more…

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Hong Kong: Chinese wikimedia conference

Oiwan Lam · 02:28 · East Asia

(Left to right) Edmon Chung, Christine Loh, Sin Chung-Kai, Jimmy Wales, and Charles Mok

Last weekend (August 26-27), the Chinese wikimedia conference was held in Hong Kong. The two-day conference included a keynote address by Mr Jimmy Wales, founder and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wikemedia Foundation, and other panels and sessions by noted speakers from the region. Topics included the content, technology, policy and social science issues around the Wikimedia project. Other invited speakers include Legislative Councilor Mr Sin Chung-Kai, Ms Christine Loh, etc.

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