Morocco: Giving in the Facebook
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Moroccan author and blogger Laila Lalami gives in to temptation and signs up for a Facebook account.
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Moroccan author and blogger Laila Lalami gives in to temptation and signs up for a Facebook account.
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Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, Iranian blogger, is in dire condition serving 15-year prison term.Father says months-long torture caused kidney failure.
As the situation in Syria worsens, and more terrifying reports arrive from the Homs district of Houla, Foreign Policy-hosted blog Turtle Bay summarizes a report [PDF] from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the UN observer mission. This “gloomy” account clearly shows that measures recommended by Kofi Annan have not been implemented, and a viable peace plan is not yet in place despite diplomatic pressure. Ban Ki-moon notes that “while many fear the implications of a further militarization of the conflict, some have doubts that peaceful change is possible.”
Local open governance activists in Tunisia have launched the first open data website showing the municipal budget [ar, fr] of the city of Sayada for the current fiscal year. The Tunisian open governance community [ar, fr] has had some success in increasing the government's transparency; they have already convinced the Tunisian presidency to reveal its budget.
President of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, has been released on $800 bail, his lawyer Mohamed Al Jishi said. Earlier this m... More »
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It’s a Moroccan deluge! Not only the wonderful Laila blog, but all the long time favourites…My Marrakesh, The View from Fez, EatBees and The a la Menthe… are all there. Traffic from Facebook to our blog is slowly increasing so the exercise seems to be worthwhile.
morocco is bigger than that, you should change the map, if you love morocco and you talk about morocco you should know that morocco is double bigger than that, if you don’t care about moroccan sesitiveness I advice you to talk about another country.
I was looking for blog to meet other moroccans like me and iwas struck by the map that cut short my journey to this blog.I love my country and the desert is part of me i think I will go buy me some donuts my sugar got low.