GlobalVoices in

Global Voices
English

The world is talking, are you listening?

The world is talking, are you listening?

Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world. Learn why »

13 October 2007

Daily archive · 5 posts

Stories from 13 October 2007

More Reactions to Al Gore/IPCC Nobel Peace Prize win

Written by Juliana Rotich · North America

This a follow up to Georgia's post on reactions to Al Gore and the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Nobel peace prize win. Reactions from America, Kenya, Ethiopia and...

· 1

· read »

Korea: How much does beauty affect people’s personalities?

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

How much does beauty affect people’s personalities? What about the personalities of people who gain their beauty with the assistance of medical procedures? Here is a netizen’s story from today’s...

· 3

· read »

China: Fragile Morality

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

A young man fought for justice alone but received a buffet, other 60 passengers ignoring the tragedy; after Pengyu case, no people dare to help an old man, leaving him lying alone on the ground. What is wrong with our modern society? Have people to be apathetic to survive? Report on two moral-related cases leads you into discussions of our fragile morality.

· 10

· read »

Touring Libyan Blogs: Eid el Fitr 2008

Written by Fozia Mohamed · Middle East & North Africa

Fozia Mohamed, our Libya volunteer, is back to blogging after a short break, with news and views from the Libyan blogosphere. Issues covered this week include readjusting to life in Libya after living in the UK, medical ethics and the Maqams - the resting places of 'Saints' and men of religion.

· 4

· read »

Egypt: Wikimania 2008 | Alexandria

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

Mido, the lead coordinator for wikimania 2008 and a constant contributer in Arabic Wikipedia, wrote: “After months of preparation, Alexandria was finally chosen as the winning bid for the Wikimedia...

· 2

· read »

Updates from 13 October 2007

Barbados

Barbadian Titilayo discovers a Trinidadian website on Caribbean Icons in Science, Technology and Innovation.

• Nicholas Laughlin

Haiti

An encounter with a fellow Haitian-American at a Florida airport prompts Peggy Brunache to muse over questions of identity and “the realisation of reality”.

• Nicholas Laughlin

Suriname

A visit to Fort Zeelandia in Suriname makes Trinidadian Taran Rampersad realise that “not all culture is as free as on the web”. He also posts photos of the fort at Flickr.

• Nicholas Laughlin

Guyana

Guyana's Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination condemns an upcoming performance by Jamaican dancehall performer Buju Banton.

• Nicholas Laughlin

Dominica

Living Dominica describes “life under a mosquito net” as the island copes with an outbreak of dengue fever.

• Nicholas Laughlin

Iran

Mohmmad Ali Abtahi,former vice president and blogger,writes“women [activists] should not be alone on the way of obtaining their rights.In our society which is dominated by men, women cannot gain this goal without support of men”.

• Fred Petrossian

Syria

A new report released by Human Rights Watch reveals that two persons are being held in incommunicado detention at an undisclosed location in Syria. Karim ‘Arbaji (29) and Tarek Biasi (22) were arrested in June 2007 by Syrian Military Intelligence for expressing online views critical of the Syrian government. A third person, Ali Zein al-’Abideen Mej’an, arrested for posting online comments attacking Saudi Arabia, was sentenced by the Supreme State Security Court to two years in prison.

• sami ben gharbia