Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 October 01

1 October 2008

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Stories from 1 October 2008

Brazil: Do deforestation and elections mix?

Written by Deborah Goldemberg · Latin America

What is the link between recent deforestation rate increases in the Amazon and the upcoming Brazilian municipal elections in October 5?

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Running Away from Marriage: A Story From Syria

Written by Mohammad Azraq · Middle East & North Africa

American Fulbright scholar in Damascus Orientalista brings up the story of her Syrian friend Manar, a 22-year old female from the Druze minority in the country, who ran away from her house to escape a forced marriage.

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Palestine: Fatah and Hamas take their fight into schools

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

August 24 should have seen the start of classes for pupils in Gaza’s government schools, but instead it was the beginning of a week-long strike called by the Fatah-led teachers’ union protesting the interference of Hamas in education. In this post, one blogger, a school pupil himself, gives us his perspective on the political fight getting in the way of his education.

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Habemus Guatemalan Cinema! Gasolina, Best Latin American Movie

Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

Gasolina, a Guatemalan film directed by Julio Cordon, won Best Latin American Movie in San Sebastian Film Festival, capturing a post conflict society, quite different from the pictures in the newspapers and far more complex. Bloggers and artists are sharing this triumph, proudly sharing the city and their urban stories with many people in the world.

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Caribbean: Celebrating Eid

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Eid Mubarak! Muslims across the world are today celebrating Eid ul-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting - and the Caribbean is no exception.

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Korea: From Hero to Eccentric Man

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

In 2004 a student, Kang Ui-seok, was expelled from Daegwang High School for disobeying an order to attend chapel service at the school. He filed a petition with the National...

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Updates from 1 October 2008

Palestine

Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah shows his readers the words he frequently uses on his blog.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Kuwait

From Kuwait, Intlxpatr links to a news story which warns of powerful earthquakes in the Strait of Hormuz, which could result in a devastating tsunami.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Lesotho

Andrew is trying to create his own electricity in Lesotho: “To bring real electricity we needed bigger 12v batteries. I got one, and the priest has one. The batteries are nice, but my little solar panel is just too small to give them a good charge. That is why we are now trying different methods of creating our own electricity. The priest had the generator which when turned puts out electricity.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Madagascar

Noel blogs about the use of solar power in rural clinics in Madagascar: “Solar power has been given to these clinics four years ago and people have become very thankful. After all, rural clinics in the country actually do see around 400 patients each month. That’s a huge amount of patients. And when some emergency arises, it’s good to have electricity.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Cookie hates Eid, for one because it gives family members a chance to catch you and settle old scores; she says, “Prepare your speech of revenge with your clothes.”

• Ayesha Saldanha

Sierra Leone

It has been one year now since last year’s elections in Sierra Leone. Nasratha tries to assess the differences between the new and the old regime.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nepal

China offered Rs.100 million as military assistance to Nepal's new government and this has created a lot of commotion in their political arena and is also having adverse effect on Nepal's relationship with India. Maila Baje at Nepali Notebook has details.

• Rezwan