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10 September 2007

Daily archive · 5 posts

Stories from 10 September 2007

Arabeyes: Countdown to Ramadhan - Part 2

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

With only a few days left before the start of the Holy Month of Ramadhan in the Muslim calendar, here's another bite at what bloggers from around the Middle East are writing about in preparation for the month of fasting.

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Ugandan bloggers reminisce

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

For the blogren, this has been the week to remember their childhoods. Their posts — touching, witty, inspiring — give insight into the diversity of Ugandan youth.

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Guatemala: Bloggers Applaud and Participate in Peaceful Elections

Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

Rains, violence, and chaos had been expected. Guatemalans were glad that the predictions were wrong. Democracy and a peaceful transition of power were the good news. A team of bloggers not only commented on elections, but also helped people with tips, details, images and updated information during the entire process, as well as encouraging voters to exercise their right.

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Kannada: Bow to the Cynara within!

Written by Sanket Patil · South Asia

Tina writes meditatively about a“Cynara that exists within us”. She is referring to the poem Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson. Last night, ah, yesternight,...

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Morocco: Low Voter Turnout

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

The September 7 Moroccan legislative elections brought surprising results...and surprisingly low voter turnout. What do Moroccan bloggers think about the winning party? Jillian York has the story.

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Updates from 10 September 2007

Egypt

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani, who lives in Egypt, takes us on a culinary tour of Egypt's food basket.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

A key witness to jailed Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour's case has been found hanging in his prison cell, reports Sandmonkey from Egypt.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Saudi Arabia

Saudi blogger Saudi Jeans comments on blocked websites in Saudi Arabia.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Israel

Sean's Russia Blog writes: “Russian youth’s embrace of Nazism doesn’t just happen in Russia. It’s also happens where one might not initially expect: Israel.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Ukraine

Natalia Antonova again writes about heritage and femininity.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

In his “third oil and gas blog post of the day,” Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert writes: “In the summer of 2007, the Russian government backed themselves to deliver what no other country has yet managed: a route to prosperity based almost entirely on a nationalised oil and gas industry. When scholars of the future write about the next chapter of Russia’s history, they might well start it off from this date.”

• Veronica Khokhlova