Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 September 28

28 September 2008

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Stories from 28 September 2008

Blogger of the Week: Sami Ben Gharbia

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

This week's Blogger of the Week is none other than Global Voices Advocacy Director Sami Ben Gharbia, known for his dedication to the fight against oppression and censorship. Sami is originally from Tunisia, but has been based in The Netherlands since 1998. He blogs at fikra.

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Angola: A new African El Dorado for foreign workers

Written by Clara Onofre · Sub-Saharan Africa

Since the end of the civil war in 2002, Angola has been home to many foreigners coming to find work. It is estimated that there are over 70,000 foreigners living in the country, mostly coming from South America, China, Portugal and other African countries. Find out how this melting pot is evolving through the view point of Angolan and immigrant bloggers.

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China: Will a Nobel Peace Prize really hurt our feelings?

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Hu Jia's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize has raised the question: are The Chinese People easily upset by the notion of human rights? Party spokesman Liu Jianchao would have you think so, and many netizens agree. Not all do, however, judging from comments that haven't yet been deleted.

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Egypt: National Theater on Fire

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

It seems that the Egyptians have succeeded in bringing Nero back to life. And the Egyptian Nero has a long list of places to burn. He started with the Egyptian Parliament a few weeks ago, and now it's time for the Egyptian National Theater.

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Updates from 28 September 2008

Brazil

Thiago Velloso [pt] publishes the banners for the 13th Gay Pride Rio, which takes place on October 12, and provides info regarding an online petition hosted by the No To Homophobia website in support to the bill that criminalizes homophobia in Brazil. “A million signatures is expected. Do your bit.”

• Paula Góes

Morocco

Peace Corps volunteer Duncan Goes to Morocco explains what life is like for women in the rural community where he lives.

• Jillian C. York

Morocco

The View from Fez reports that the Moroccan government plans to shut down 60 Qur'anic schools around the country, all of which are associated with Sheikh Mohamed Ben Abderrahman Al-Maghraoui, who earlier this month decreed that the marriage of nine-year-old girls was permissible. His declaration is an affront to Morocco's 2004 Family Code, which set the age of marriage at 18 for both genders.

• Jillian C. York

Peru

Roberto Bustamante of El Blog del Morsa [es] posts about the need to write and document the history of the internet in Peru, and provides some interesting data regarding that history.

• Juan Arellano

Brazil

Who are the Brazilian bloggers? Pedro Cardoso [pt] and Tine Araújo [pt] are conducting a census [pt] to find out, among others, what academic and professional qualifications Brazilian bloggers have, their relationship with traditional media and their social habits, tools etc.

• Paula Góes

Iran

In One Web Day in Oxford, a small exhibition of Kosoof's works portray Iranian bloggers, who struggle with censorship and Internet filtering in their country. Watch them here and here.

• Fred Petrossian

Japan

At Hatena's AnonymousDiary, a former student of a Japanese graduate school describes their experience and why they decided to drop out [ja]. The student explains that in their lab, what mattered most was not experimental techniques or fundamental knowledge, but just the amount of time that students spent at their desk. The student writes that this environment makes it difficult to acquire skills in other fields, and reports that there are many cases of depression in other labs.

• Chris Salzberg

Ukraine: Homophobic Legal Initiatives in Sync with Public Attitudes

Came to find this post after signing the AllOut petition (which already has almost 50k signatures, and needs to grow...
Please sign this if you are pro