Stories from 13 September 2008
Russia: South Park Rally in Moscow
Robert Amsterdam writes about the South Park ordeal in Russia; LJ user al_31f posts photos from a Sept. 13 rally in Moscow in support of South Park and 2×2, the TV channel that was broadcasting the cartoon; YouTube videos from the rally are here, here, and here.
Brazil: An interesting piece of “digital” art on the wall
Joelma [pt] publishes a very interesting picture of a “digital” graffiti she found on a wall at a street nearby the office she works in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is worth a visit.
Iran:Persian Translation of Iranian Blog Study Now Available
Berkman Center for Internet and Society in Harvard has made its study about Iranian blogosphere available in Persian. You can now read “Mapping Iran’s Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere” in Persian.
Iran:”Eternal Iranian islands of Persian Gulf”
Kourosh Ziabari, an Iran based blogger, writes that the Persian Gulf and its islands have been under the absolute administration of Iran from the ancient times. He adds “UAE’s claims to Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunb islands are boring.
Saudi Arabia: Traditional menswear revitalised – meet the iThobe
The traditional apparel for men in Saudi Arabia is a long white garment called a thobe. Recently a number of designers have been transforming the look of the thobe by adding colour – even designing an iPod-friendly iThobe. What is the verdict of bloggers on the new styles?
Morocco: Police Officer Shot by Member of Royal Family
After months of relative quiet in the Moroccan blogosphere, two incidents have everyone talking. One, of course, is the recent case of Mohammed Erraji. The other is the recent news that a police officer has been shot by a distant member of the royal family. The bloggers tell the story…
Honduras: Snubbing of New US Ambassador
Aaron Ortiz of Pensieve thinks that it is plain lunacy that the Honduran president Mel Zelaya snubbed the new US ambassador on the day that he was to present his diplomatic credentials, possibly out of solidarity with Bolivia, which had recently expelled the US ambassador in that country.
Peru: A Tie is Not a Triumph
Luis Aguirre from Bloodyhell [es] and Isabel Guerra from Las Burbujas Recargadas [es] think that the media are overestimating the 1-1 tie against Argentina achieved by the Peruvian national football team, which is an unexpected change of attitude since the same media had been saying that the team should “just go away.”
Bolivia: Government Declares Martial Law in Pando
Bolivia continues to face social unrest, as anti-government crowds occupied government institutions in the city of Santa Cruz, and other clashes with pro-government supporters in the regions of Pando left 15 dead. As a result, the government placed a state of emergency in that department. Other bloggers recount their experiences during the tense past few days.
Brazil: Justice aims at Twitter and hits innocent bloggers
If the Brazilian Electoral Justice is not quite sure about what the Internet is, their latest blunder proves that Twitter is completely alien to them. When trying to take down a fake mayoral candidate's profile on the popular network, they managed to take offline a blog that had nothing to do with the story. Mind you: They could have taken down the whole Twitter website instead.
