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14 November 2006

Daily archive · 2 posts

Stories from 14 November 2006

Arabisc: Best Blog Awards Winners and Recurring Nightmares

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa, North America

Arabic blogs are making their mark on the international blogging scene, with more writers and commentators taking to their keyboards and enjoying the thrill of the instant publication of their...

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Images from Guatemala: Doña Maria

Written by David Sasaki · Latin America

Doña Maria by James Rodriguez Doña Maria, the family matriarch as noted by her white huipil (embroidered blouse) sits proudly in her kitchen. Doña Maria is just one of the...

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Updates from 14 November 2006

Armenia

Onnik Krikorian reports more swastika graffiti in Yerevan while Thomas Seropian has photos.

• Nathan Hamm

Kazakhstan

Sean Roberts reports on the reconfiguration of Kazakhstan's political party landscape.

• Nathan Hamm

Armenia

Raffi K. reports that there is finally some strong evidence that Armenia's internet monopoly will be broken up.

• Nathan Hamm

Georgia

Hans reports on difficulties explaining blogs to Georgian youth.

• Nathan Hamm

Rantings, ravings and musings of a twenty somebody goes to the India Social Forum and finds the mood to be rather activist. “And I realize that Indian Social Forum is the biggest mela for all kinds of social activism. I am amazed that there are so many people who care about such a vast array of issues.”

• Neha Viswanathan

India

Jhansi Ki Rani goes to the Indian Social Forum (part of the World Social Forum) and reflects on what she calls the Great Indian Picnic. “I realised that the vast collective was almost like a little India. Everyone was there. from rickshawpullers in Delhi, to Women's groups in Kalahandi to beedi workers union in Tirunelvelli”

• Neha Viswanathan

Pakistan

Cities with a colonial history often undergo face lifts, including a change in the public art and sculpture. Metroblogging Lahore on the stature of Alfred Woolner and a picture. “This I believe is the only statue of a human figure left in its original place in Lahore. Located across the street from the Lahore Museum, I think not many of us actually notice it.”

• Neha Viswanathan