Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2009

January, 2009

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Stories from January, 2009

3 January 2009

Egypt: How Can We Help Gaza?

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian bloggers are rallying in support of Gaza, which is being pounded by the might of the Israeli forces for a week. Lasto Adri takes a look at blogs from her country and introduces us to some initiatives being pushed for by her colleagues who are asking: What can we do for Gaza?

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Saudi Arabia: Who is to blame for Gaza?

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

As in the rest of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia's blogs have been full of commentary on the events in Gaza. However, there is no consensus as to who is politically responsible.

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Global Health: Hopes and Resolutions for 2009

Written by Juhie Bhatia · Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia

As 2009 kicks off, many people are trying to create changes in their lives. Whether it's large or small goals, serious or humorous ones, bloggers around the world are posting...

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Egypt: Change The Channel Initiative Kicks Off

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian bloggers embraced the Change the Channel initiative, spearheaded by blogger Tarek Amr to reflect positively on events and everyday life around them. Amr reviews blogs in this round up of posts from the day.

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Caucasus: New Year, Christmas

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With Christmas and the New Year usually accompanied by lavish television spectaculars and decorations in the center of most cities worldwide, celebrations in countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are the same to some extent, but usually more low-key and family-orientated. A number of expat workers and Peace Corps Volunteers in all three countries offer an outside eye on proceedings.

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Bruneian bakers use blog as a marketing tool

Written by Senor Pablo · East Asia

Home makers in Brunei have utilised the blog as a marketing tool to sell their wares. Many are bakers and cake makers that display their products on their respective blogs. Many of them are mothers or working professionals that do part-time baking. It has been a success for many and created a buzz for blog readers and supporters.

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Updates from January, 2009

23 January 2009

China

GFW Blog introduces a new tool, CyberGhost VPN, for getting around the internet filtering (Great Fire Wall) in China.

• Oiwan Lam

Argentina

Louis Cyphre of El Opinador Compulsivo [es] wonders why Argentine president visited Cuba when she did “to speak with one of the longest lasting dictators in history just as the first black president was being inaugurated in the US?”

• Eduardo Avila

Estonia

Itching for Eestimaa writes about Estonian skinheads - the “purposefully/prematurely bald” young people: “I secretly ponder what is the position of the baldheaded on persons of Mediterranean background. Did we spend too much time in the kiln of the creator or were we baked just right? In any case, we are probably low on the list: I mean, who has time for pestering paesans when there might be an unsuspecting Indian student on the next block?”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

Robert Amsterdam's Blog writes about “Estonia's most famous contemporary composer Arvo Pärt,” whose latest symphony is dedicated to Mikhail Khodorkovsky - and whose 2006-2007 works are dedicated to Anna Politkovskaya.

• Veronica Khokhlova