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October 10th, 2006
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Cambodia at a glance
Spurred by the fact that weblog stimulates open discussion among people who have common interest, Cambodians take their concerned issues online to share with the world who are listening to them. Is weblog community an open space for debate? In what way can this new tool enhance the way citizens get into discussions, have their says, and learn more what's going on in their community? In this weblog post, Cambodia bloggers talked about nationalism, marriage, youth issues and Khmer boxing on podcast.
How much do foreigners know about Cambodia?
Vireak asked ‘how much do foreigners know about Cambodia?' The 21-year-old weblogger recalled his experience in Singapore four years ago. After spending several years with other Singaporean classmates, he was more and more familiar with many weird questions they asked him about his home country.
Just recently, another Singaporean who has never been to Cambodia described to me his impression of Cambodia as a country with a lot of land mines and khmer rouge. This is all too common for many people from the so-called highly educated nations. If we read international media reports on Cambodia, there is hardly any single report not mentioning Khmer Rouge, wars, land mines and poverty. What’s in the head of those reporters is beyond my imagination.
Housework for women only?
That's a topic Sousdey and her workmate came up for a discussion. Traditionally, women are supposed to stay at home, doing all routine houseworks, while men are out for business and job. This happens in Cambodia, her home country. But what about in Australia?
“Though we are in Aust[ralia], majority of our Khmer men still believe that housework is a woman's job, majority of the men do not help around the house. I think, back in Cambodia, it may be ok to act in such manner because the husband is the sole provider for the family, but here it does not make any sense at all.”
Peru: Documentary on Rural Education Competes for Prize
The following post was originally written in Spanish at Cinencuentro.
“Camino a la Escuela” (”The Road to School”) competes in the Seed of Tolerance contest of Current TV
The director Humberto Saco writes us to let us know that a 6 minute short version of his documentary, Camino a la Escuela, will be shown on Current TV as part of the Seed of Tolerance contest; a competition directed at journalists and filmmakers who have made some type of audiovisual work about the themes of tolerance and diversity.
The five semi-finalist films will be chosen by a renowned jury. They are: M. Night Shyamalan, Jeffrey Wright, Edward Norton, Paul Haggis, Morgan Spurlock, Melissa Etheridge and Margaret Cho. The final winner will be decided by public vote.
Here you can watch Camino a la Escuela. It's important that, additionally, we vote for the movie (give it the “green light”) so that it can achieve some of the awards of the competition. Good luck Humberto!
The following is a description of the film, which you can watch below:
Indian Bloggers on Technology, Ram Lila, Ayudha Puja, Food, Films and Photos
Technology and festivals, somehow those two are the dominant themes for this week's round-up about India. Of course, the round-up is peppered with some great recipes and that all favorite Indian pastime: movies. We round-up our review with some real great visual images of the "Big Apple," or New York.
It somehow seems appropriate to start with technology and Web 2.0 considering that a whole lot of money was spent by Google to acquire YouTube. The virtual world is buzzing and agog with the acquisition and suddenly Web 2.0 is back in the radar.
Technology: Scribez has an exhaustive post about start-ups in the Web 2.0 space in India. It seems like there is an Indian version of digg, and other social network sites. This is a nice post to catch up on what is happening in India.
Nitesh Gautam has a nice write-up about Onyomo, an Indian search engine company. This new search engine which is still in beta mode has an SMS feature that might just be the ticket for Indian users.
Vandana Ahuja highlights in her post how head hunters and recruiters are harassing the latest technology, including web 2.o, to recruit talent.
Mobile Pundit writes that an Indian match-making site, BharatMatrimony.com will use the fast proliferating mobile phones to push its service. Speed dating anyone?
Orkut, the popular social network site has run into some (more…)
Ayatollah Khomeini's Letter: Nuclear Weapons and the End of War
According to various media reports, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani has made public in Tehran a letter from 1988 in which Iran's top commander is quoted as saying Iran would need a nuclear bomb to win the war against Iraq. The letter was written by the father of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, to top officials in the final days of the war. This letter attracted the attention of several bloggers, who wrote this week about war, nuclear weapons and Rafsanjani.
No Holy War
Alpar writes that a war should never be considered holy [Fa].The blogger adds
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, blogger and reformist politician, says Rafsanjani committed a brave act in publishing this letter and making it known to the Iranian public. He continues
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Northeast Asia: Nuclear test
Sun bin blogs the google map on the North Korea Nuclear test and summarizes the test information.
In South Korea, there were much discussions in the blogsphere (although I can only get access to English sources).
Jodi observes her South Korean friends' reactions the test:
Not surprisingly, however, was the idea that the real danger was not so much North Korea, but the United States who might react dangerously in reponse to the North. More than one person yesterday used the word “victim” to describe South Korea’s situation.
Links for Tue, 2006-10
Stavros says that Kazakhs are questioning Russia's actions against Georgians living in Russia to get back at the Georgian government.
Dan O'Huiginn has a detailed primer on Georgia's current conflict with Russia
Shards of Mongolia reports that the speaker of Mongolia's parliament is appealing to the prime minister to curtail free speech rights.
Jay Z and Beyonce are Maasai warriors in Tanzania!
The African blogosphere is not immune from controversy and misunderstanding. Follow this “CNN” interview with a Kenyan blogger to learn about the latest controversy.
Ethnicloft is a bit pessimistic about initiatives such “Rock for Darfur” organized by Myspace:”As they party hard, shamelessly, a multitude of people are being raped, maimed and killed, helplessly, in Darfur. I wonder if that ever crossed their mind.”
In Iranian Truth, Celine Petrossian shares her research about Iranian blogs. Researcher says without a doubt, blogs have allowed Iranians to connect with their homeland and cultural traditions and freely discuss political, cultural and social issues on a transnational level.
Bloggers in Syria are puzzled by the new move from the Syrian Government to block access to all .blogspot blogs, although access to the main www.blogger.com is still available… The service is blocked through all Syrian ISPs including private one AYA, reports Amr.
David McDuff of A Step At A Time responds to La Russophobe, explaining the trouble with the “‘Russophile-Russophobe' debate”: “…the character of the present “Russophile-Russophobe” divide, complex, call it what you will, is similarly based on emotion and personal animosity, rather than on substantial intellectual content. Thus, the movement of the debate is controlled by those whose aim is to continue the slaughter and the unreason - initially, though of course only initially, in the debating chamber, grounding the arguments in terms that can be made comprehensible to Western minds.”
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